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How is the answer with a power of 15? I got -2 the first time

How is the answer with a power of 15? I got -2 the first time-example-1

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That's the same answer I got 2
User James Wood
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It's not entirely clear what the full problem is as it is cut off; however, it looks like you're using the speed of light (c) which is 3.00*10^8 meters per second. So you would use that instead of 3.00*10^(-9).

Doing so yields the following
c/lambda = (3.00*10^8)/(1.26*10^(-7)) = (3.00/1.26)*10^(8-(-7)) = 2.38*10^15
which fits with the result you have on the right side
User Anna Melzer
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