1. a.) What is the frequency of light having a wavelength 456 nm? b.) What is the wavelength ( in nm) of radiation having a frequency of 2.45 x 109 Hz?

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1. a.) What is the frequency of light having a wavelength 456 nm?

b.) What is the wavelength ( in nm) of radiation having a frequency of 2.45 x 109 Hz?

 

2. The sky exhibits the color blue due to the scattering of sunlight by air molecules. The blue light has a frequency of about 7.5 x 1014 Hz.

a.) Calculate the wavelength (in nm) associated with this radiation.

b.) Calculate the energy (in Joules) of a single photon associated with this frequency.

 





 

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