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What property of a wave determines the amount of energy it carries?
Wavelength
Amplitude
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The energy carried by a wave is proportional to the square of its amplitude (E ∝ A^2). (For photons, individual photon energy depends on frequency E = h·f, but for classical waves amplitude sets the transported energy.)
The energy carried by a wave is proportional to the square of its amplitude (E ∝ A^2). (For photons, individual photon energy depends on frequency E = h·f, but for classical waves amplitude sets the transported energy.)
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