How we can find wavelength of a wavepacket?

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How we can find wavelength of a wavepacket? Which distance is wavelength?
 
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How we can find wavelength of a wavepacket? Which distance is wavelength?

if the wavepacket is made up of wave which cluster about one particular wavelength, then you could call that the approximate wavelength of the packet if you like.
 

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