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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