## Proportional sign

NicoJones_1B
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### Proportional sign

What is the proportional sign that can be used between E (energy) and v (frequency) in the E=hv equation?

Aliya Jain 2B
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### Re: Proportional sign

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but the symbol ∝ is used for variables that are directly proportional to each other!

Mariepahos4D
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### Re: Proportional sign

Energy is also directly proportional to frequency in that equation so as the frequency increases, the energy increases as well.

Claire Grover 3G
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### Re: Proportional sign

∝ is the sign! Basically instead of writing E = hv, you could write E ∝ v, which means that E is proportional to v (by a factor of h).

abby hyman
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### Re: Proportional sign

Claire Grover 3G wrote:∝ is the sign! Basically instead of writing E = hv, you could write E ∝ v, which means that E is proportional to v (by a factor of h).

I agree with this. This shows that E and v are proportionate to each other.