Combing your hair leads to excess electrons on the comb. At what frequency f, in hertz, would you have to move the comb up and down to produce red light, of wavelength 600 nm?

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Combing your hair leads to excess electrons on the comb. At what frequency f, in hertz, would you have to move the comb up and down to produce red light, of wavelength 600 nm? 

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