PHYSICS 1B Lecture 3: [4-11] W2T Oscillations

In taking your pulse, you count 65 heartbeats in 1.18 min. What isthe period of your heart's oscillations?


What is the frequency of your heart's oscillations?

Which of the following statements are true concerning planck's quantum hypothesis?

a) An upper limit is set on the amount of energy that can be absorbed or emitted in oscillations.

b) A lower limit is set on the amount of energy that can be absorbed or emitted in oscillations.

c) The energy of the oscillations of atoms within molecules can have any value.

d) The energy of the oscillations of atoms within molecules must be quantized.