What is the relationship between the wavelength and frequency of a wave?
Correct Answer: Wavelength is inversely proportional to frequency.
- Step 1: Understand that waves have two important properties: wavelength and frequency.
- Step 2: Wavelength (λ) is the distance between two consecutive points of a wave, like from one peak to the next peak.
- Step 3: Frequency (f) is how many waves pass a point in one second, measured in Hertz (Hz).
- Step 4: The speed of a wave (v) is how fast the wave travels through a medium.
- Step 5: The relationship between these three properties is described by the equation v = fλ.
- Step 6: Rearranging the equation shows that wavelength (λ) can be found by dividing wave speed (v) by frequency (f): λ = v/f.
- Step 7: This means that if the frequency increases, the wavelength decreases, and vice versa. They are inversely proportional.
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