Question

What is the realationship between frequency and wavelength ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Wavelength is the distance between the successive peaks of a repetitive wave.

Frequency is how often something happens. For a wave, frequency would refer to the  number of peaks (start counting at the zeroth peak) that occur within a  given time. If 5 peaks occur within 4 seconds, a wave would have a frequency of 5/4 = 1.25 Hz (Hertz). A hertz has units of 1/second.

Wavelength and frequency of a wave are related by the equation Velocity = Wavelength x Frequency, where the velocity is the speed of a wave peak as it passes a stationary point.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Frequency of a wave is inversely proportional to the wavelength of the wave

Explanation:

We can find the relationship between frequency and wavelength of a wave by the following illustration:

Velocity = wavelength x frequency

Frequency = Velocity / wavelength

Since the velocity of wave is constant (i.e 3x10^8m/s), the frequency of the wave is inversely proportional to the wavelength. i.e

Frequency & 1/wavelength

This implies that a wave with a high frequency has a short wavelength and a wave with a low frequency has a longer wavelength.