Suppose one photon has a wavelength of 1700 nanometers while a second photon has a wavelength 1/7 as large. What is the ratio of the energy of the second photon divided by the first photon?
Suppose one photon has a wavelength of 1700 nanometers while a second photon has a wavelength 1/7 as large. What is the ratio of the energy of the second photon divided by the first photon?
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by the first photon?
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first photon wavelenght = 1700
λ = 1700 nm = 1700×10−9
c = 3×108×108m/s
h = 6.626×10−34×10−34Js
E = hc / λ
second photon is 1/7 large
λ =1/7×1700×10−9
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