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Quantities, Units and Formulae

A. Copy and complete the following table:

Quantity

Usual Symbol

SI Unit

Abbreviation of unit

Time

     
   

metre

 
 

s or v

 

m/s or ms-1

 

f

   

Wavelength

     

Period

     

 

B. What is the formula connecting distance, speed and time?

C. What is the formula connecting speed, frequency and wavelength?

D. What is the formula connecting frequency and period?

E. Solve v = a t, first for a and then for t.

F. Rewrite your formula for C for frequency f.

G. Use the formula in D to find the formula connecting speed, period and wavelength.

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