Question

What is the frequency of a wave?
a. the amount of time that one full cycle takesB. the amount of cycles that occur in a given timeC. the distance from the beginning to the end of a cycleD. the distance traveled by the wave during one full cycle?

Answer 1

The frequency of any repeating event is the number of times it happens in some specified period of time.

The frequency of a wave is the number of cycles, wiggles, compressions etc. that occur in a given time, usually one second.