SOLUTION: Suppose your favorite AM radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 1150 kHz. What is the wavelength, in centimeters, of the radiation from the station?

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Question 219259: Suppose your favorite AM radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 1150 kHz. What is the wavelength, in centimeters, of the radiation from the station?
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Suppose your favorite AM radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 1150 kHz. What is the wavelength, in centimeters, of the radiation from the station?
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Using 300,000 km/sec as c, speed of light:
Wavelength in meters = 300/freq in MHz
w = 300/1.15 = 260.87 meters
w = 26087 cm