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How to calculate frequency in algebra?

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W. Kaye

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W. Kaye, Ex-Marine, Post Graduate, Chapel Hill

Answered Sep 28, 2020

Frequency in algebra is very easy to calculate. However, the main problem you may be having is not knowing what the term frequency means.

Frequency is simply the number of times a value appears in a given data set.

1. The first to do to calculate the frequency of a given data set is to look at all the values in a given data set and check how they appear.

2. Create a table where the frequency of each value will be recorded.

3. For instance, say A, B, B, A, A, C , A, A, B, B, C, are the items in a set of data, the frequency of each item will be how many times each appears in the set.

4. Use tally to identify the number of times each item appears in the set.

5. Using the example given above, the frequency of item A is 5 ( the highest frequency), the frequency of item B is 4, while the Frequency of item C is 2(the lowest frequency).

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Answered Sep 21, 2020

Frequency is also called wave frequency. It is the measurement of the total number of vibrations created within a certain extent of time.

There are a few distinct ways to calculate frequency based on the information you have available to you.

• The following is a straightforward set of steps to follow in coming to the calculation of frequency in algebra.

• Learn the formula.

• The formula for frequency is given wavelength and the velocity of the wave.

• In this formula, F represents frequency, V denotes the velocity of the wave, and the wavelength of the wave is represented.

• Convert the wavelength into meters if you need to.

• If the wavelength is provided in nanometers, you need to transform this value into meters by dividing it by the amount of nanometers in a single meter.

• Divide the velocity by the wavelength.

• Write down your solution.

• After finishing the previous step, you will have achieved your calculation for the frequency of the wave.

• Write your answer in Hertz, Hz, which is the unit for frequency.

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C. Marcus

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Answered Sep 17, 2020

You may want to calculate different frequency distribution so that you can solve different algebraic expressions.

Some of the things that you can do are the following:

• Calculate the range of the data set that you will have.

• Divide the range by the number of groups that you want to round up in.

• You would need to use the different ranges that are available.

• Create the right width to come up with the right groups.

• Now you need to find the frequency for each group that you will find.

Creating a frequency table may seem hard to do in the beginning but the more that you do it, the easier it will be for you.

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C. Perez

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Answered Sep 03, 2020

Frequency refers to the number of times that something may occur.

If you need to compute for frequency in algebra, you need to know the steps that you have to take to do it.

• You would need to create a table that will provide the needed details.
• Write down all of the details that are needed.
• Go through the different data values and place all of the needed tally marks at the right place.
• Count the number of marks that you have placed.
• Place on the third and final column of the table that you have created.

You can then compare the different items that have been placed on the table. The clearer the tally and the frequency, the better.

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J. Alfie, Content Writer, Masters in Literature, Dallas,Texas

Answered Aug 27, 2020

In Algebra, frequency is the number of times a value occurs. The best way to calculate frequency is to use a frequency table.

The following steps are how to construct the table to determine frequency:

• Create the table with three columns

• In the first column, write all data values.

• In the second column, go through each data value and write a tally mark for every data value. Do this until each data value has a tally.

• The third column is the frequency column. All of the tally marks from the second column should be written to determine the frequency.

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