Rank these electromagnetic waves on the basis of their speed (in vacuum). Rank from fastest to slowest.

a. Yellow light
b. FM radio wave
c. Green light
d. X-ray
e. AM radio wave
f. Infrared wave

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Answer:

From fastest speed to slowest speed, the electromagnetic waves are ranked as(up to down):

d. X-ray

c. Green light

a. Yellow light

f. Infrared wave

b. FM radio wave

e. AM radio wave

Explanation:

Electromagnetic waves are waves produced as a result of vibrations between an electric field and a magnetic field. The waves have three properties and these properties are frequency, speed and wavelength, which are related by the relationship below

V = Fλ

where:\

V = speed (velocity)

F = frequency

λ = wavelength.

From the relationship above, it is seen that the speed of a wave is directly proportional to its frequency. The higher the frequency, the higher the speed. Therefore, from the list given, the waves with  the highest to lowest frequencies/ from left to right are:

X-ray (3×10¹⁹ Hz to 3×10¹⁶Hz), Green light (5.66×10¹⁴Hz), Yellow light (5.17×10¹⁴Hz), Infrared wave (3×10¹¹Hz), FM radio wave (10.8×10⁸Hz to 8.8×10⁷Hz), AM radio wave (1.72 × 10⁶Hz to 5.5×10⁵Hz).

This corresponds to the speed from highest to lowest from left to right.