a wave has a frequency of 2 Hz. find its period ?
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P = 1/f or, in words,
Period (in seconds) = 1/Frequency (in Hz)
If there are two cycles per second, each one takes 1/2 second. That is the period.
Ignore Nav's answer
1/2 does not equal 2
yea....i messed up, i meant 1/2, my bad
To find the period of a wave, you need to use the formula:
Period (T) = 1 / Frequency (f)
Given that the frequency (f) of the wave is 2 Hz, we can substitute this value into the formula:
T = 1 / 2
To simplify, you can express 1 as 1/1:
T = 1/1 / 2
Now, when you divide a fraction by a whole number, you multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator:
T = 1/1 * 1/2
Multiplying the numerators and denominators gives us:
T = 1/2
So, the period of the wave with a frequency of 2 Hz is 1/2 seconds or 0.5 seconds.