1) The annoying sound from a mosquito is produced when it beats its wings at the average rate of 600 wingbeats per second. What is the frequency of the sound wave?
1/600
1/300
300
600
My answer was 1/600 but this was wrong.
600
Definition:
Frequency is the number of occurrence of a repeating event per unit time.
See if you would make a different choice.
To find the frequency of the sound wave produced by the mosquito's wingbeats, we need to convert the wingbeats per second into the frequency of the sound wave.
The frequency is defined as the number of complete cycles (or wingbeats in this case) per second.
So, the correct answer would be: 600 wingbeats per second, since the mosquito beats its wings at that rate.
To determine the frequency of the sound wave produced by a mosquito's wingbeats, we need to recall that frequency is the number of cycles or oscillations per second. In this case, each wingbeat of the mosquito corresponds to one cycle of the sound wave.
Given that the mosquito beats its wings at an average rate of 600 wingbeats per second, the frequency of the sound wave produced would be 600 cycles per second or 600 Hz.
Therefore, the correct answer is 600.