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Question
What do you mean by the term frequency of a wave? State its S.I. unit.
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Solution
The number of vibrations made by the particle of the medium in one second is called the frequency of the wave. It can also be defined as the number of waves passing through a point in one second.
Its SI unit is hertz (Hz).
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