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Is 576.923 nm the correct answer for this question?

What are the wavelength and color of light that has a frequency of 5.2 1014 s-1?

2007-01-15 05:58:18 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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The wavelength and frequency of a light wave are related by the following formula,
lambda = c / v
where lambda is the wavelength of light, c is the speed of light in a vacuum (approx. equal to 3 E8 m/s), and v is the frequency of light.

You are given the frequency of the light and told to find the wavelength. You already know the speed of light.
Plug into the above equation,
lambda = (3 E8 m/s) / (5.2 E14 Hz)
lambda = 576.923 nanometers,
so your answer is correct.

2007-01-15 06:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 0 0

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