University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 39, Problem 39.42E
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The temperature of an ideal blackbody at which wavelength peak is equal to the given wavelengths.
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