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True or false: Wave frequency and wavelength are related. Justify your answer.

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False. You can decrease the wavelength, but the frequency stays the same

True. As you increase the wavelength the frequency decreases.

False. It is amplitude and wavelength that are related.

True. As you increase the wavelength, the frequency also increases.

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Answer:

false

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Answer:True.

As you increase the wavelength the frequency decreases.

Step-by-step explanation:

The wavelength of a wave is the distance(in meters) between the two consecutive crest and trough of a wave. The S.I unit of the wavelength is meter.

The frequency of a wave is the number of complete wave cycle passing a particular point per second. The S.I unit of the frequency is Hertz.

Wave's frequency and wavelength are related to each other as

Frequency = 1 / Wavelength

As the Frequency is inversely proportional to the wavelength of a wave so as the frequency will increase the wavelength of the wave will decrease and vise-versa.

So, its true that As we increase the wavelength the frequency decreases.

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