Question

What can you conclude about red visible light waves compared to blue visible light waves? Blue visible light waves have a lower frequency than red visible light waves. Blue visible light waves have the same wavelength as red visible light waves. Blue visible light waves have a higher frequency than red visible light waves. Blue visible light waves have a greater wavelength than red visible light waves.

Answer 1

The blue visible light waves have a shorter wavelength than the red visible light waves. Since both the waves travel at the speed of light, which is a constant for a particular medium, their frequencies will be inversely related to their wavelength. This is given by the formula: speed = wavelength x frequency. Thus blue visible light will have a higher frequency than the red visible light.