Two students hold the ends of a jump rope. One student moves the jump rope up and down, making a wave. Then, the student moves it faster. Which quantity of the wave will increase?(1 point)

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amplitude
amplitude

wavelength
wavelength

speed
speed

frequency

Answer 1

When the student moves the jump rope up and down faster, the quantity that will increase is frequency.

As the speed of the wave increases, the frequency (the number of waves that pass a point in a given time) also increases, assuming the wavelength remains relatively constant.