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FM radio frequencies range between 88 MHz and 108 MHz and travel 2.99792 x 108 m/s. a. What is...

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FM radio frequencies range between 88 MHz and 108 MHz and travel {eq}2.99792 \times 10^8 {/eq} m/s.

a. What is the shortest FM wavelength?

b. What is the longest FM wavelength?

Wavelength

Wavelength is the distance between two peaks of a periodic function. It is directly proportional to the speed of the wave and inversely proportional to the frequency. It is represented mathematically in the following way

{eq}\lambda = \dfrac{c}{f} {/eq}

Here,

{eq}c = \text{Wave speed}\\ \lambda = \text{Wavelength}\\ f = \text{Frequency} {/eq}

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Let's consider the definition of Frequency which establishes it as the relationship between the wavelength and the speed of the wave. That is to say

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