Bite-Size Physics

Can you figure out the Hertz of this bouncing face?

Remember, one Hertz is one vibration per second.
One vibration is one time back and forth

How many times does the face go back and forth in eight seconds?
The counting numbers are the seconds.

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The face moves back and forth 4 times in 8 seconds. So, the face has a frequency of half a Hertz.

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