How does frequency relate to wavelength?

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anor277
Sep 3, 2015

The higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength, and the lesser the frequency, the longer the wavelength.

Explanation:

The speed of light, #c#, is known to be a constant, #3 xx 10^8 *ms^-1#. And as for any velocity, #c = nu xx lambda#, where #nu# = frequency, and #lambda# = wavelength. Remember that the product #nu xx lambda# is dimensionally #s^-1 xx m# or #ms^-1#, in other words a velocity. High energy radiation, gamma rays and X-rays have short wavelengths, and high frequencies; longer wavelengths, such as radiowaves, have lower frequencies.

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