Question

A radio station broadcasts at 700 KHz. if the radio waves travel with a speed of 3108m/s. Calculate the wavelength of the radio waves.

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

To calculate the wavelength of a radio wave, you will be using the equation: Speed of a wave = wavelength X frequency.

Since radio waves are electromagnetic waves and travel at 2.997 X

10

8

meters/second, then you will need to know the frequency of the radio wave.

If the radio wave is on an FM station, these are in Megahertz. A megahertz is one million hertz. If the radio wave is from an AM radio station, these are in kilohertz (there are one thousand hertz in a kilohertz). Hertz are waves/second. Hertz is usually the label for the frequency of electromagnetic waves.

To conclude, to determine the wavelength of a radio wave, you take the speed and divide it by the frequency.

Typical radio wave frequencies are about

88

~

108

MHz

. The wavelength is thus typically about

3.41

×

10

9

~

2.78

×

10

9

nm

.

Hope this helps and thanks for your question.

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