Proportional sign
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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?
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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!
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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.
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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).
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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.
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