## 1A.8

$c=\lambda v$

Jorja De Jesus 2C
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### 1A.8

(a) Radio waves for the FM station "Rock 99 at 99.3 on the FM dial" are generated at 99.3 MHz. What is the wavelength of the station? (b) Radioastronomers use 1420.-MHz waves to look at interstellar clouds of hydrogen atoms. What is the wavelength of this radiation?

Eesha Sohail 1D
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### Re: 1A.8

I can see how the dash in the second question might be offputting, but it looks like a misprint. Otherwise, this looks like a standard $c = \lambda v$
problem to me. Was there something specific that was confusing in this question? It seems like the procedure is to find wavelength by isolating lambda and inputting the frequency given as well as the speed of light.

-Eesha

Ryan Yee 1J
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### Re: 1A.8

First convert MHz to Hz by multiplying by 10^6, then plug the new frequency into the equation c=(wavelength)(frequency), where c is the speed of light. Then divide by frequency to isolate wavelength.