bewellplus.gsu.edu
ccabCapomtiannabak
ccabCapomtiannabak ccabCapomtiannabak
  • 27-04-2016
  • Biology
Answered

A communications satellite transmits a radio wave at a frequency of 9.4 x 10^9 Hz. What is the signal’s wavelength? Assume the wave travels in a vacuum. Show your work.

Verified Answer :

JcAlmighty
JcAlmighty JcAlmighty
  • 04-05-2016

To calculate this we will use the light equation:
\(c=\)λ\(*f\)

We have Frequency \(f=9.4* 10^{9}Hz\).
We know that speed of light in vacuum is \(c =3.8* 10^{8} m/s\).
Since a unit of speed of light is m/s, we can change the unit of frequency Hz to 1/s, since Hz means cycles per second (f=1/T).

So:
\(f=9.4* 10^{9}1/s\)
\(c =3.8* 10^{8} m/s\)

\(c=\)λ\(*f\)
⇒ λ\(= \frac{c}{f}\)
⇒ λ\(= \frac{3.8* 10^{8}}{9.4* 10^{9}}\)
⇒ λ\(=0.04 m\)

Answer Link

Related Questions

What purpose do the obelisk of senusret and other obelisk serve
Martin has a gift card to a coffee shop Each day he buys the same coffee The table shows the amount remaining on the gift card on different days Which equation
What is a quadrilateral with sides that are not equal look like
Which of the following was a staple food for Northwest Indians of eastern Washington rice bitterroot wheat beans
how did native Americans get their shleter
What was the main use for airplanes in World War I
Who wrote the decision for the Supreme Court in the case of Brown v Board of Education Orval Faubus Earl Warren Thurgood Marshall George McLaurin
Which one of the following literary works more closely resembles a memoir a A Modest Proposal b Diary of Samuel Pepys c Valediction Forbidding Mourning d All of
16 23 of what number is 45
At least 80 percent of ocean water is included in the A transition zone B thermocline C surface mixed zone D deep zone