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BIO Mosquito Courtship Male mosquitoes in the mood for mating find female mosquitoes of their own species by listening for the characteristic “buzzing” frequency of the female’s wing beats. This frequency is about 605 wing beats per second, (a) How many wing beats occur in one minute? (b) How many cycles of oscillation does the radiation from a cesium-133 atom complete during one mosquito wing beat?

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Problem 44GP

BIO Mosquito Courtship Male mosquitoes in the mood for mating find female mosquitoes of their own species by listening for the characteristic “buzzing” frequency of the female’s wing beats. This frequency is about 605 wing beats per second, (a) How many wing beats occur in one minute? (b) How many cycles of oscillation does the radiation from a cesium-133 atom complete during one mosquito wing beat?

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650 wing beats happen in 1 s.

Therefore, in 1 minute = 60 s, the number of wing beats

The required number of wing betas is 39,000.

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