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OCR: Alternating current ELECTRIC current that reverses direction at regular intervals THE NUMBER of times per second that alternating current flows backward and forward called its frequency. Low frequencies of 50 and 60 Hz (cycles per second) are used in homes. Television signals are made by currents alternating at 100 MHz (100 million cycles per second interyals oftime