Physics - relationship b/t period and frequency

[MCAT guy]

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Really simple question here...

So I'm doing a BR passage and it asks to pick the graph that relates period to frequency.

The formula is T = 1/f

So I think, inverse and linear relationship.

But the answer is a declining curve, kind of like this (but not touching axis)

My question is this, when I see an equation like T = 1/f, I'm thinking linear relationship. Just like F = ma, the relationship b/t F and m, I would think is a linear relationship on a graph like this:

How do I know when the direct or inverse relationship is linear or more curved?

 

[MCAT4life]

its an inverse graph. Not linear proportional graph. Google inverse graphs if you want to learn about it again i think this was algebra 2/ pre calc stuff? otherwise when ever you see a inverse function just think of this graph. Direct proportional graphs such F= Ma is linearly distributed.

 

[MCAT guy]

its an inverse graph. Not linear proportional graph. Google inverse graphs if you want to learn about it again i think this was algebra 2/ pre calc stuff? otherwise when ever you see a inverse function just think of this graph. Direct proportional graphs such F= Ma is linearly distributed.

yes but if F = ma is linearly distributed then why would T = 1/f not be linearly distributed...

It doesn't seem I can know this from the equation?

 

[MCAT4life]

your looking into this way too much but here is a good site

http://www.kineticbooks.com/physics/triallabs/Ideal Gas/Analyzing data.htm

 

[MCAT guy]

your looking into this way too much but here is a good site

http://www.kineticbooks.com/physics/triallabs/Ideal Gas/Analyzing data.htm

thx bro.

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