An FM radio station broadcasts at 9.23 * 107 Hz. Given that the radio waves travel at 3.00 * 108 m/s, what is the wavelength of these waves?

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An FM radio station broadcasts at 9.23 * 107 Hz. Given that the radio waves travel at 3.00 * 108 m/s, what is the wavelength of these waves?

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Fresier · Answer 1

The unit Hz for the frequency of the wave is also equal to 1/s. To determine the wavelength of the radio waves, we just have to divide the speed of the radio wave by the frequency. That is,

wavelength = (3.00 x10⁸ m/s) / (9.23 x 10⁷ 1/s)

Simplifying the equation, the value of the wavelength is therefore,

wavelength = 3.25 m