Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Practical circuits

Practical circuits — practice question

A square-wave trace is displayed on the screen of a cathode-ray oscilloscope. The screen is overlaid with a grid of $1\,\text{cm}$ squares. The time-base setting is $10\,\text{ms cm}^{-1}$. What is the approximate frequency of the square wave?

  • A$70\,\text{Hz}$
  • B$140\,\text{Hz}$
  • C$280\,\text{Hz}$
  • D$1400\,\text{Hz}$

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