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to find the frequency of a light wave you need to know its wavelength. The frequency is equal to the speed of light (3x10^8 m/s) divided by the wavelength in metres. Alternatively, if you were given the energy of each photon of light in joules you could just divide the energy by plancks constant (6.63x10^-34) to leave you with the frequency in Hz.
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What properties of a light wave determine its color?
Frequency or wave length.The relation between frequency f and wave length lof a light waveis given by; f = c/l, where c is light's speed.
How are waves measured?
It depends, if you mean light or sound waves, for example, there are a variety of factors to be measured: The length of a wave from peak to peak is represented with lambda. You can also measure velocity of a wave (how fast and in what direction it is moving). Frequency of light effects the color of the light, and frequency of sound effects its pitch.
In a light wave what properties tell you the color of the light?
Just ONE property, the wavelength of the light. The colour of visible light depends on its wavelength. These wavelengths range from 700 nm at the red end of the spectrum to 400 nm at the violet end.
The pitch of a sound wave is its?
Its' frequency.
Does frequency affect wave speed?
The speed of a wave doesn't depend on its frequency.REASON:According to the formulaV=frequency * Lambdaso,V/ Lambda= frequencyHere,Frequency is inversely proportional to the wavelength. so, If we increase the value of frequency then by same amount frequency will decrease and will cancel out the effect of each other the "V" will remain constant.
What determine the color of a light wave?
Its wavelength (or frequency).
What is an example of frequency?
Frequency can be found in sound, light, and line current. An example of frequency is, the frequency wave of light will determine what color the light is.
What properties of a light wave determine its color?
Frequency or wave length.The relation between frequency f and wave length lof a light waveis given by; f = c/l, where c is light's speed.
What dose the frequency of a sound wave determine?
The frequency of a sound wave will determine the pitch (or note).
What is determine by wave frequency?
The wave length w=v/frequency.
How can you determine a speed of a wave?
by multiplying its frequency
How can you determine the speed of wave?
by multiplying its frequency
What can be determine from the frequency and wavelength of a wave?
The velocity of the wave
How is wave speed determine?
by dividing wavelength by frequency
What can be determined from the frequency of a light wave?
the energy of the wave brah
What can be determined from frequency of a light wave?
the energy of the wave brah
If you use an oscilloscope to measure the distance between crests of a soundwave what property of the wave are you measuring?
You are measuring wavelength or frequency , which may also be used to determine the amount of energy a wave has because in light waves the higher the frequency the more energy the wave carries
