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What is the frequency of a light wave with a wavelength of 620nm

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The color is orange.

To find the frequency, we divide the speed of light (c) which is

2.998 * 10**8 meters per second by the wavelength, here given as

6.2 * 10**-7 meter. When we do the division we obtain

4.835 * 10**14 cycles per second, or Hertz, as the frequency.

Hope this answers your question.

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