What does it mean by the frequency of electromagnetic radiation? Is the frequency the same as the speed of the electromagnetic radiation?

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Alan P.
Apr 8, 2015

Electromagnetic radiation travels at a constant speed,#c#, equal to #3.0 xx10^8# m/sec.

Frequency is a count of the number of waves that pass any fixed point during 1 second (or some other convenient measure of time.

Speed #=# frequency #xx# wave length.

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