An FM radio station broadcasts at 99.5 MHz. How to Calculate the wavelength of the corresponding radio waves ?

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Alan P.
Apr 8, 2015

#99.5# MHz means #99.5xx10^6# cycles/second.

Electromagnetic radiation (including radio waves) travel at #3.0xx10^8# meters/second

Wavelength = Speed/Frequency

The wavelength of a #99.5# MHz radio signal is
#(3.0xx10^8)/(99.5xx10^6)# meters

#= 3.015# meters

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