Young’s double-slit apparatus problem

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[SOLVED] question about light

Homework Statement


True or False question
5. If a Young’s double-slit apparatus, having operated in
air, were to be submerged in water, the fringe pattern
would become less spread out.


Homework Equations


c=f(lamda)


The Attempt at a Solution


What i think they mean: does the wavelength become shorter when light is traveling in a slower medium?

What i don't know is does the frequency of light stay constant regardless of the medium?
If yes, then the statement is true.
 
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Yes, the frequency is constant regardless of medium. The frequency of a wave only depends on the oscillations of the source of the wave.