Frequency and Period Problems

Problem no.1
The duration of one cycle in a repeating event.
Answer: Period
Problem no.2
The number of crests of a wave that move past a given point in a given unit
of time.
Answer: Frequency
Problem no.3
The angular displacement per unit of time
Answer: Angular Frequency
Problem no.4
What is the SI unit for frequency?
Answer: Hertz (Hz)
Problem no.5
What is the SI unit for period?
Answer: second (sec)
Problem no.6
The angular frequency is represented in what unit?
Answer: Radians per second
Problem no.7
What do you call the one complete repetition of the motion
Answer: Cycle
Problem no. 8
What is the formula for finding the period?

Answer: T= 1/f
Problem no. 9
What is the formula for finding the frequency?
Answer: F= 1/T

Problem no.10
As the frequency of a wave increases, the period of waves ___________?
Answer: Decrease, Period is the reciprocal of the frequency. So as f increases,
1 / f decreases.
Problem no.11
Sound made in front of a tall building 18 m away, is repeated. Name the
phenomenon and briefly explain it.
Answer: The phenomenon is echo. When sound gets reflected from an
obstacle and reaches our ear after 0.1 s. we are able to distinguish between
the original sound and the reflected sound which is called echo.
Problem no.12
Name the musical instruments one in each case, which produces its notes
by using the following. In each case state the method used to produce notes
of different pitches and loudness.
(a) A vibrating string.
(b) A vibrating column of air.
(c) Vibration of any other body.
Answer.: (a) Violin: The player using his fingers increase or shortens the
length of the string to produce different frequency notes. Also different
strings of different mass and tension produce different frequency or pitch.
The loudness can be increased by the sound box provided.
(b) Flute: The length of the air column is varied by pressing the fingers on
different holes which varies the frequency and hence the pitch. The loudness
is increased by increasing the amount of air vibrating which increases the
intensity.

(c) Drums: The membrane is adjusted to produce different pitch. The

enclosed volume of air increases the loudness.
Problem no.13
: An observer stands at a distance of 850 m from a cliff and fires a gun.
After what time gap will he hear the echo, if sound travels at a speed of 350
m s-1 in air?

Answer:

v=

Problem no.14
A wave is introduced into a thin wire held tight at each end. It has an
amplitude of 3.8 cm, a frequency of 51.2 Hz and a distance from a crest to
the neighboring trough of 12.8 cm. Determine the period of such a wave.
Answer:
0.0195 sec
Here is an example of a problem with a lot of extraneous information. The
period is simply the reciprocal of the frequency. In this case, the period is 1/
(51.2 Hz) which is 0.0195 seconds.
Know your physics concepts to weed through the extra information
Problem no.15
Frieda the fly flaps its wings back and forth 121 times each second. The
period of the wing flapping is ____ sec.
Answer: 0.00826 sec
The quantity 121 times/second is the frequency. The period is the reciprocal
of the frequency.
T=1(121 Hz) = 0.00826 s
Problem no.16

Frequency refers to the number of occurrences of a periodic event per time

and is measured in cycles/second. In this case, there are 10 cycles per 2
minutes (also known as 10 cycles per 120 seconds). So the frequency is
Answer:
f =10 cycles / 120 s = 0.0833 cycles/s
Problem no.17
Non-digital clocks (which are becoming more rare) have a second hand that
rotates around in a regular and repeating fashion. The frequency of rotation
of a second hand on a clock is _______ Hz.
Answer:
f= 1/T
= 1/ 60
f = 1 cycle / (60 s) = (1 / 60) Hz
Problem no.18
Edrick Taruc accompanies her father to the park for an afternoon of fun.
While there, he hops on the swing and begins a motion characterized by a
complete back-and-forth cycle every 5.0 seconds. The frequency of swing is
_________.
Answer:
f= 1/T
= 1/ 5.0 sec
= 0.2 Hz
Problem no.19
A period of 5.0 seconds corresponds to a frequency of ________ Hertz.
Answer: 0.2 Hz

Problem no. 20
A common physics lab involves the study of the oscillations of a pendulum. If
a pendulum makes 33 complete back-and-forth cycles of vibration in 11
seconds, then its period is _____.
Answer: 0.33 second
Period refers to the time for something to happen and is measured in
seconds/cycle. In this case, there are 11 seconds per 33 vibrational cycles.
Thus the period is (11 s) / (33 cycles) = 0.33 seconds.
Problem no.21
The period of the sound wave produced by a 440 Hertz tuning fork is
___________.
Answer:
Find: T
T=1/f
= 1 / (440 Hz)
= 0.00227 sec
Problem no.22
A string vibrates at a frequency of 20 Hz. What is its period?
Answer:
Find: T
T= 1/f
= 1/20Hz
= 0.05 sec
Problem no.23

A speaker vibrates at a frequency of 200 Hz. What is its period?

Answer:
Find: T
T= 1/f
= 1/200Hz
= 0.005 sec
Problem no.24
A swing has a period of 10 seconds. What is its frequency?
Answer:
Find: f
f= 1/T
= 1/10sec
= 0.1 Hz
Problem no.25
A pendulum has a period of 0.3 second. What is its frequency?
Answer:
Find: f
f= 1/T
= 1/0.3 sec
= 3.33 Hz
Problem no.26

A pendulum takes 0.5 second to complete one cycle. What is the pendulums
period and frequency?
T= 1/f

f= 1/T

= 1/ 0.5sec

= 1/ 2.0 Hz

= 2.0 Hz

= 0.5 sec

Problem no.27
A wave hits a pylon pier 2.7 seconds. What is the frequency of the waves?
Answer:
Find: f
f= 1/T
= 1/ 2.7 sec
= 0.37 Hz
Problem no.28
A jack hammer has a frequency of 26 Hz .What is the period _________.
Answer:
Find: T
T= 1/ f
= 1/ 26Hz
= 0.038 sec
Problem no.29
A electron orbits a nucleus with a period of 23.110-9 . What is the frequency
of the electrons oscillations?
Answer:
Find: f
f= 1/T
= 1/ 23.110-9 sec

= 43290043.29 Hz
Problem no.30
The period of the sound wave produced by a 440 Hertz tuning fork
is __________?
Answer:
F=440 Hz
Find: T
T= 1/f
= 1/440Hz
= 0.00227 sec.
Problem no.31
Alan makes 38 complete revolutions on the playground Round A-Bout in
30sec.If the radius of Round-A-Bout is 1 meter. Determine the period of the
and frequency of the motion?
Answer:
T=1/f
=30s/38revs
=0.789s
F=1/T =1/0.789s
= 1.27 Hz
Problem no. 32
The A string of a violin is a little too tightly stretched. Beats at 3 per second
are heard when the string is sounded together with a tuning fork that is
oscillating accurately at concert A (440 Hz). What is the period of the violin
string oscillation?
Answer:
The violin frequencies could either (440 -3) Hz or (440+3)Hz

since the string is tight the frequency is higher than the tuning fork or 443Hz
the period is the reciprocal of frequency or 1 / 443 = .00225 sec
Problem no.33
A nurse counts 76 heartbeats in one minute. What are the period and
frequency of the heart's oscillations?
Answer:
Frequency f = 76 bpm / 60s/m = 1.27 beats/s = 1.27 Hz
Period T = 1/f = 0.789 s
Problem no.34
New York's 300-m high Citicorp Tower oscillates in the wind with a period of
6.80 s. Calculate its frequency of vibration.
Answer:
f = 1 / T = 1 / 6.8s = 0.147 Hz
Problem no.35
Calculate the speed of waves in a puddle that are 0.15 m apart and made by
tapping the water surface twice each second.
Answer:
v = 0.15m * 2 s^-1 = 0.30 m/s
Problem no.36
You have a ball on a string, and youre whipping it around in a circle. If the
radius of its circle is 1.0 m and its period is 1.0 s, what is its speed?
Answer:
V= 2r/T
V= 2r/T = 2(1.0m)/1.0s
= 6.3m/s
Problem no.37
You have a toy plane on a wire, and its traveling around in a circle. If the
radius of its circle is 10.0 m and its period is 0.75 s, what is its speed?

Answer:
V= 2r/T
V= 2r/T = 2(10.0m)/ 0.75s
= 84m/s

Problem no.38
Calculate the speed of waves in water that are 0.4 m apart and have a
frequency of 2 Hz
Answer:
v = 0.4m * 2 Hz = 0.80 m/s
Problem no.39
Terry jumps up and down on a trampoline with a frequency of 1.5 Hz. What is
the period of Terry s jumping?
Answer:
T= 1/f
= 1/1.5 Hz
=0.67s
Problem no.40
Frequency of a wave motion is 250 Hz. What is its time period?
Answer:
T= 1/f
= 1/250Hz
=0.004s
Problem no.41
What is the frequency of a wave with a time period of 0.05 seconds?
Answer:
F= 1/T
F= 1/0.05s

= 20 Hz

Problem no.42
An observer stands at a distance of 850 m from a cliff and fires a gun. After
what time gap will he hear the echo, if sound travels at a speed of 350 m s-1
in air?
Answer:
V= 2d/t
T= 2d/V
2850/350
=4.86s
Problem no.43
A hummingbird beats its wings up and down with a frequency of 80.0 Hz .
What is the period of hummingbirds flaps?
Answer:
Find: T
T= 1/f
= 1/80.0 Hz
= 0.0125s
Problem no.44
A piano tuner taps his 440 Hz tuning fork with a mallet. What is the period of
vibrating tuning fork?
Answer:
Find: T
T= 1/f
= 1/ 440 Hz
= 1/ 440 or 2.27210-3 s
Problem no.45

Edrick jumps up and down on his bed, taking 0.75s for each jump. What is
the frequency of Edricks jumping?
Find= f
f= 1/T
= 1/ 0.75s
= 1.33 Hz
Problem no.46
A tall, thin tree sways back and forth in the breeze with a frequency of 2Hz.
What is the period of trees sway?
Answer:
Find: T
T= 1/f
= 1/ 2Hz
= 0.5s
Problem no.47
A metronome is a device used by many musicians to get the desired rhythm
for a musical piece. If a metronome is clicking back and forth with a
frequency of 0.5Hz, what is the period of metronome?
Answer:
Find: T
T= 1/f
= 1/0.5Hz
= 2.0s
Problem no.48
Many amusement parks feature a ride in which a giant ship swings back and
forth. If the period of the ship is 8.0s ,what is the frequency of the swinging
ship?
Answer:
Find: f

f= 1/T
= 1/8.0s
= 0.125s
Problem no.49
What is the frequency of wave with time period of 0.15s?
Answer:
Find= f
f= 1/T
= 1/0.15s
= 0.066 Hz
Problem no.50
Calculate the speed of waves in water that are 0.26 m apart and have a
frequency of 3Hz?
Answer:
v = 0.26m * 3 Hz = 0.78m/s

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