Answer to Question #15260 in Acoustics for Taylor

Question #15260

A musical tone sounded on a piano has a frequency of 261.6 Hz and a wavelength of 1.31 m. What is the speed of the sound wave?

Expert's answer

Speed of the wave, or the same, sound speed can be found as
v = nu*lambda = 261Hz * 1,31m = 341,91 m/s

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