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Describe how wavelength and frequency are related for a wave. If you were to increase the wavelength of a wave, how would the frequency of that wave change?

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Answer:

They are inversly proportional

Step-by-step explanation:

Increasing the wavelength of a wave will decrease the frequency, due to the relation v = f x λ where λ is the wavelength, and v is speed of the wave (usually speed of light in vaccum) You can also write this as a mathematical notation

f ∝ 1/ λ

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