You notice the flagpole at school vibrating in the breeze. You count the vibrations and find that

the flagpole makes 20 complete vibrations in 10 seconds. You read somewhere that this

lagpole vibrates at a speed of 25 m/s when the wind is blowing Find the wavelength of these

vibrations

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Physics

Allen Cohen

10 June, 19:31

You notice the flagpole at school vibrating in the breeze. You count the vibrations and find that

the flagpole makes 20 complete vibrations in 10 seconds. You read somewhere that this

lagpole vibrates at a speed of 25 m/s when the wind is blowing Find the wavelength of these

vibrations

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Valeria Dougherty · Answer 1

Answer: 12.5m

Explanation:

Given the following:

Flagpole makes 20 complete vibrations in 10 seconds

Velocity (V) of vibration = 25m/s

Find the wavelength of vibration (λ) = ?

Frequency is number of complete oscillation per Second

Therefore;

Frequency (F) = number of oscillations / time taken

F = 20 / 10 = 2Hz

Wavelength = Velocity / frequency

Wavelength = 25 / 2

Wavelength = 12.5m

You notice the flagpole at school vibrating in the breeze. You count the vibrations and find thatthe flagpole makes 20 complete vibrations in 10 seconds. You read somewhere that thislagpole vibrates at a speed of 25 m/s when the wind is blowing Find the wavelength of thesevibrations

You notice the flagpole at school vibrating in the breeze. You count the vibrations and find that

the flagpole makes 20 complete vibrations in 10 seconds. You read somewhere that this

lagpole vibrates at a speed of 25 m/s when the wind is blowing Find the wavelength of these

vibrations