Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Progressive waves

Progressive waves — practice question

A microphone picks up a sound wave. The microphone is linked to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO). The pattern of the trace shown on the CRO screen is shown. Which property of the sound wave can be found by using only a horizontal measurement on the screen and the value of a CRO control setting?

  • Aamplitude
  • Bfrequency
  • Cspeed
  • Dwavelength

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