Waves

Waves can be defined as energy disturbances that transmit energy in different forms such as heat, light, or sound from one location to another. They are identified by certain properties like wavelength, frequency, amplitude, and speed. Depending upon their specific characteristics, waves can be categorized into mechanical or electromagnetic and transverse or longitudinal.

Finding Wavelength

As an admirer of Thomas Young, you perform a double-slit experiment in his honor. You set your slits $1.03 \mathrm{~mm}$ apart and position your screen $3.93 \mathrm{~m}$ from the slits. Although Young had to struggle to achieve a monochromatic light beam of sufficient intensity, you simply turn on a laser with a wavelength of $631 \mathrm{~nm}$. How far on the screen are the first bright fringe and the second dark fringe from the central bright fringe? Express your answers in millimeters. first bright fringe: $\mathrm{mm}$ second dark fringe: $\mathrm{mm}$

Finding Frequency

Question 4 5 pts Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Chloe Kim performs her halfpipe run in about 25 seconds by riding back and forth between the two walls of the halfpipe three times, as shown. If we describe this as an oscillation between the two walls of the halfpipe, what is her frequency? $0.24 \mathrm{~Hz}$ $3.0 \mathrm{~Hz}$ $0.12 \mathrm{~Hz}$ $8.3 \mathrm{~Hz}$