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Pie · 03-09-2010, 11:32 AM

wavelength is in meters (or feet, if you're old-fashioned).

Period (seconds/cycle) = 1/freq (cycles/second), this is true.

Wavelength (meters/cycle) = c (speed of light, meters/second) / frequency (cycles/second)

The units for (cycles/second) is Hertz.

03-09-2010, 11:32 AM	#1
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