Asked by Zephyr Benedict

How does frequency relate to the wavelength of a wave?
A. Higher frequency, shorter wavelength
B. Higher frequency, longer wavelength
C. Frequency and wavelength are not related.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. Higher frequency, shorter wavelength.

Reason: wave speed v = frequency f × wavelength λ (v = fλ), so for a given speed (e.g. light in vacuum v = c) wavelength λ = v/f — increasing f makes λ smaller.