Fm radio station broadcasts at 99.5 mhz. calculate the wavelength of the corresponding radio waves.

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Saige Gilbert

Physics

5 December, 07:23

Fm radio station broadcasts at 99.5 mhz. calculate the wavelength of the corresponding radio waves.

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Raven Dalton · Answer 1

The solution for this problem is:

99.5 MHz means 99.5 * 10^6 cycles/second. Electromagnetic radiation (counting radio waves) travel at 3.0*10^8 meters/secondWavelength = Speed/FrequencyThe wavelength of a 99.5 MHz radio signal is3.0 * 10899.5 * 106 meters=3.015 meters