Which electromagnetic waves have the shortest wavelengths and highest frequencies?
2 answers:
Answer: Gamma rays
Explanation: The given waves belong to the electromagnetic spectrum which consists of different electromagnetic radiations arranged in terms of increasing wavelengths or decreasing frequencies.
Thus
E= energy
= frequency
c = speed of light
= wavelength
Thus frequency and wavelength are inversely related. The waves having high energies ave high frequencies and have shorter wavelengths.
Thus gamma rays having highest energy have highest frequency and shortest wavelength.
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