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WAVELENGTH: Light - Color, Sound - ?
AMPLITUDE/INTENSITY: Light - Brightness, Sound - Loudness
FREQUENCY: Light - ?, Sound - Pitch

2007-08-26 04:53:25 · 3 answers · asked by MatT 7 in Science & Mathematics Physics

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WAVELENGTH: Light - Color, Sound - PITCH

Understand this, wavelength and frequency are inversely related. Thus, when wavelength is lengthened, frequency goes down. This applies to both light and sound.

AMPLITUDE/INTENSITY: Light - Brightness, Sound - Loudness

FREQUENCY: Light - COLOR, Sound - Pitch

Again, frequency and wavelength are inversely related. For example, let L = vt; where L is wavelength, v is velocity of the wave, and t is the time traveled. This is just distance = velocity times time, but in terms of wavelength as the distance.

We can write L/v = t, which says the time to travel one wave length at velocity v is t. We call t a "period" when L is one wavelength. When L = 1 cycle (measured from crest to crest for example), t is in sec/cycle. The inverse is 1/t = f which is in units of cycles/sec. f, then, is frequency.

Therefore, we can write L = vt and 1/t = f = v/L...and there you are. Frequency is inversely related to wavelength, as stated earlier. Thus, your first and last questions are the same question, but in different terms.

2007-08-26 05:33:00 · answer #1 · answered by oldprof 7 · 1 0

cbarry is wrong
i think Wavelength and frequency-though not the same thing, are interchangeable in this context
therefore wavelength = light colour and sound frequency[pitch]
frequency = light colour sound pitch[frequency]
i'm not 100% but im certain its a closer answer than c barry!

2007-08-26 05:04:56 · answer #2 · answered by andy t 6 · 1 0

first one is volume
the last one is Wattage

2007-08-26 04:59:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

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