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An elephant can hear sound with a frequency of 15 hz. what is the wavelength of this wave if the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s?

Respuesta :

The relationship between frequency, wavelength and speed of a wave is:
[tex]\lambda= \frac{v}{f} [/tex]
where
[tex]\lambda[/tex] is the wavelength
v is the speed of the wave
f is its frequency

For the sound wave in our problem, f=15 Hz and v=343 m/s, therefore the wavelength is
[tex]\lambda= \frac{v}{f}= \frac{343 m/s}{15 Hz}=22.87 Hz [/tex]