Wave Period - Fridge Physics

The period of a wave is the time it takes to complete one cycle. The unit for a wave period is seconds, and it is inversely proportional to the frequency of a wave, which is the number of cycles of a wave that occur in one second.

Demo

In this tutorial you will learn how to calculate the wave period.

The equation is written like this:

$T = { \text 1 \; \text / \; \text f}$

Chilled practice question

Calculate the wave period for a wave with a frequency of 2 KHz.

Frozen practice question

Calculate the frequency for a wave with a time period of 20 seconds.

Science in context

The period of a wave is the time it takes to complete one cycle. The unit for a wave period is seconds, and it is inversely proportional to the frequency of a wave, which is the number of cycles of a wave that occur in one second.

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