Asked by kelvin calin

Which describes the relationship between the frequency, wavelength, and speed of a wave as the wave travels through different media?

As speed changes, wavelength changes and frequency remains constant.
As speed changes, frequency changes and wavelength remains constant.
As speed changes, wavelength and frequency change.
As speed changes, wavelength and frequency remain constant.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
As the wave crosses into a new medium the frequency stays the same while the speed and thus the wavelength change.

Reason: v = f·λ. The source fixes f, so if v changes in a new medium, λ must change to satisfy the equation.