What happens to the velocity when wavelength increases?

Answer 1

We got the formula: speed of medium c = frequency f times wavelength lambda. f = c / lambda lambda = c / f If c increases, also f increases. c is proportional to f, if lambda stays constant. If c increases, also lambda increases. c is proportional to lambda, if fstays constant.

Answer 2

Speed of sound c = Frequencyf x wavelength λ.

When speed of sound c (= velocity of sound) increases wavelength λ increases.

c = λ · f

Answer 3

The wavelength decreases as the frequency increases. From the universal wave equation velocity = wavelength * frequency, it can be derived that wavelength = velocity / frequency, and therefore wavelength is inversely related to frequency. For inverse relationships, when one variable increases, the other decreases.

Answer 4

Wavelength(L), frequency(F), and velocity(v) are bound by the equation v=LF.

Therefore if the frequency remains constant and the wavelength increases then the velocity also has to increase.

If we are talking about light waves; however. the velocity is always c, the speed of light. So if wave length increase then the frequency has to decrease.

Answer 5

As the frequency of any spectrum increases whether it be light, sound, radiation, etc. the wavelength decreases and vise versa.

Think of it like two lines of the same length, one has a high frequency, one a low frequency. Since frequency is the amount of waves that occur in that spectrum, a higher frequency means smaller wavelength (size of each wave) while a lower frequency means larger ones.

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Answer 6

When wavelength increases, the velocity of the wave remains constant if the medium through which it propagates stays the same. In a different medium, the velocity may change based on the properties of the medium.

Answer 7

Wavelength is equal to the distance from one wave peak to the next, as frequncy increases the distance between peaks decrease, thus decreasing wavelength.