Wave speed is the distance a wave travels in a given period of time.
Frequency is the number of oscillations in a given period of time.
The third leg of the triangle is wavelength--the distance between peaks of the wave.
Given any two of these values for a wave, you can calculate the third.
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The speed of a wave is equal to the product of its frequency and wavelength.
The product of (wavelength x frequency) is the wave's speed.
frequency = (wave speed)/(wavelength) frequency = 1/(period)
wave length and frequency are the product of the wave speed, so the wave speed is a constant variable and the other two are inversely proportional the wave length increases, as the frequency decreases
The speed of any wave is the product of (wavelength) x (frequency) .