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What happens to the speed of radio wave when it's frequency doubles? (Recall that radio wave is an electromagnetic wave) doubles remains unchanged becomes half becomes four times larger

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What happens to the speed of radio wave when it's frequency doubles?
(Recall that radio wave is an electromagnetic wave)
doubles
remains unchanged
becomes half
becomes four times larger

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