A seismic P wave travels through rock. A sensor records 30 complete oscillations in 0.60 s. The distance from the centre of the first compression to the centre of the sixth consecutive compression is 350 m.
Calculate the speed of the seismic P wave.
112 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 4.1 Wave properties, covering 4.1.1 Waves transfer energy and information, 4.1.2 Frequency, wavelength, amplitude, period and wavefronts, 4.1.3 Longitudinal and transverse waves, 4.1.4 The wave speed equations, 4.1.5 Measuring wave velocity, and 4.1.6 Calculating depth or distance from waves. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.