A street lamp emits a pulse of yellow light with a wavelength of 589 nm. The light pulse contains 616 kJ of energy. How many photons are contained in this light pulse?

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A street lamp emits a pulse of yellow light with a
wavelength of 589 nm. The light pulse contains
616 kJ of energy. How many photons are
contained in this light pulse?
The answer is the number of photons. Do not include
units in your answer. Scientific notation is optional.
To write scientific notation in Canvas, type "e" to
14»
replace "x 10". For example, "1 × 1014" is written
"1e+14" in Canvas.
Transcribed Image Text:A street lamp emits a pulse of yellow light with a wavelength of 589 nm. The light pulse contains 616 kJ of energy. How many photons are contained in this light pulse? The answer is the number of photons. Do not include units in your answer. Scientific notation is optional. To write scientific notation in Canvas, type "e" to 14» replace "x 10". For example, "1 × 1014" is written "1e+14" in Canvas.
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