Question

If the frequency of a radio station is 88.1 MHz (8.81 × 107 Hz), what is the wavelength of the wave used by this radio station for its broadcast? The answer should have three significant figures.

Answer 1

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If the frequency of a radio station is 88.1 MHz, the wavelength of the wave used by this radio station for its broadcast is 3.403 m

Why?

We are going to use the following equation that shows the relation of the frequency of a wave with its wavelength, knowing that radio waves are electromagnetic waves and they travel at the speed of light (299 792 458 m/s):

$Wavelength=\frac{Speed_{Light}}{Frequency}= \frac{299 792 458 m/s}{8.81*10^{7} Hz}=3.402865\approx3.403 m$

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Answer 2

The answer is 3.41 meters