How will increasing the frequency of the wave affect the wavelength & what type of relationship is this?
1 Answer
Mar 8, 2018
You increase frequency by decreasing wavelength
Explanation:
As wavelength decreases, waves become closer together. This means that as they pass a certain point the waves will be more frequent. Think about it in terms of cars where the distance between cars is the wavelength and the amount that pass you is the frequency. As the distance between cars (wavelength) decreases, how frequently the cars pass will increase.
This is an inverse (opposite) variation. As one increases, the other one decreases. The algebraic equation to express this is y=k/x and the scientific way to express this relation is λ=v/f where λ is the wavelength (m), v is the velocity (m/s), and f is the frequency (Hz).
