Asked by blue

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)
• speed
• wavelength
• amplitude
• frequency

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Frequency.

Moving the end faster increases the number of oscillations per second (frequency). The wave speed on the rope is set by tension and mass per length (not by how fast you move it), so if speed stays the same the wavelength will decrease (λ = v/f).