What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength in electromagnetic radiation?

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What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength in electromagnetic radiation?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-28T06:50:53

Frequency and wavelength are inversely proportional.

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Frequency and wavelength are inversely proportional.

$c = f \cdot λ$ $c=f·lambda$ $(The speed of light is directly proportional to$ $("The speed of light is directly proportional to"$ $f$ $f$ and $λ)$ $lambda)$ .

$\frac{c}{f} = λ$ $c/f=lamda$ $(The speed of light is directly proportional to$ $("The speed of light is directly proportional to"$ $f$ $f$ , and $f$ $f$ is inversely proportional to $λ)$ $lambda)$ .

$\frac{c}{λ} = f$ $c/lambda=f$ $(The speed of light is directly proportional to$ $("The speed of light is directly proportional to"$ $λ$ $lambda$ , and $λ$ $lambda$ is inversely proportional to $f$ $f$ .

Notice in the diagram below that as wavelength decreases, the frequency increases. The speed of light, $c$ $c$ is a constant, so when wavelength decreases, frequency increases and vice versa.

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