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What is the energy of a photon with a frequency of 2.2 × 1016 Hz? Planck’s constant is 6.63 × 10–34 J•s.

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Answer:

A, 1.5 × 10 ^–17 J

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First we need to find the wavelength from the frequency using
C = \lambda V

so
3.0e8 = \lambda * 2.2e16 Hz which equals 1.36e-8 m then we use the formula
E =h (C)/(\lambda) we plug in
E = 6.63e-34 * (3.0e8/1.36e-8) and we get
E = 1.46e-17

so the energy is 1.46 x 10^-17 J.

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