How does the frequency of a wave affect the wavelength?

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How does the frequency of a wave affect the wavelength?

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Answer 1 · 2014-06-12T06:32:59

For a given type of wave in a given medium a larger frequency means a smaller wavelength.

A specific type of wave in a specific medium has a constant speed. For example electromagnetic waves have a speed of $3.0 \cdot 10^{8} m s^{- 1}$ $3.0*10^8 ms^-1$ in a vacuum, whereas in glass they have a speed of approx. of $2.0 \cdot 10^{8} m s^{- 1}$ $2.0*10^8 ms^-1$ .

Wave speed, frequency and wavelength are related by this equation: $v=fλ$ . If the medium does not change then $v$ is a constant and wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional.

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