How do you calculate the period of a wave?

Answer 1

You can Stick to the formula which is :

wavelengths/secounds = Hz

so that

Frequency (Hz) = Wave speed (m/s) / Wavelength (m)

OR

Frequency (Hz) = 1 / Period (s)

Answer 2

Period= 1/ frequency

Therefore you must go to the graph of displacement vs time, determine the frequency (or the number of cycles per second), and then find its reciprocal to determine the wave's Period, T.

Answer 3

Take the reciprocal of its frequency, just like any wave of any other shape.

Graphically, the period is the length of time between consecutive occurrences

of the same point in the wave form, just like any other wave.

The only tough part about a square wave is that there are only two points on it

that you can definitely identify in time ... the rising transition and the falling transition.

But that's OK. The time between two rising transitions or two falling transitions is

still the period, even if the square wave is ugly and its positive time and negative

time are unequal, or it has a DC component.

If the transitions are sloped rather than instantaneous, then the zero-crossings are

easily identifiable points in time. These characteristics are all easily spotted on an

oscilloscope.

Answer 4

The period of a wave is the time it takes for one complete cycle of the wave to occur. It can be calculated using the equation T = 1/f, where T is the period and f is the frequency of the wave.

Answer 5

Period = (wavelength of the wave) divided by (speed of the wave)

also . . .

Period = ( 1 ) divided by (frequency of the wave)

Answer 6

oscilloscope

Answer 7

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