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Which one of the following properties of a wave is independent of all others? (AAMC11)
A) Wavelength
B) Frequency
C) Velocity
D) Amplitude
The answer is D. On another AAMC (possibly #9) they had a similar question and the answer was velocity (which is what I picked this time). To my knowledge velocity only depends on the medium (it's essentially a constant). Amplitude (which I think is the same as Intensity) is only related to the Energy you put into the wave hence, it's also a constant. This discrepancy is really starting to annoy me.
I'm confused as to why velocity is dependent on wavelength/frequency (even though the eqn states v = wavelength*frequency). This is like saying C = Q/V hence Capacitance depends on the charge and the voltage.
Thank you for the help!
A) Wavelength
B) Frequency
C) Velocity
D) Amplitude
The answer is D. On another AAMC (possibly #9) they had a similar question and the answer was velocity (which is what I picked this time). To my knowledge velocity only depends on the medium (it's essentially a constant). Amplitude (which I think is the same as Intensity) is only related to the Energy you put into the wave hence, it's also a constant. This discrepancy is really starting to annoy me.
I'm confused as to why velocity is dependent on wavelength/frequency (even though the eqn states v = wavelength*frequency). This is like saying C = Q/V hence Capacitance depends on the charge and the voltage.
Thank you for the help!
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