Question: Consider two waves (X) and (Y) traveling in the same medium. The two carry the same amount of energy per unit time, but (mathrm{X}) has

Consider two waves \(X\) and \(Y\) traveling in the same medium. The two carry the same amount of energy per unit time, but \(\mathrm{X}\) has half the amplitude of \(\mathrm{Y}\). What is the ratio of their wavelengths? Which wave has the longer wavelength?

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