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Transcribed Image Text:(a) Calculate the wavelength of light in vacuum that has a frequency of 5.06 x 10
18
nm
(b) What is its wavelength in flint glass?
nm
(c) Calculate the energy of one photon of such light in vacuum. Express the answer in electron volts.
eV
(d) Does the energy of the photon change when it enters the flint glass?
The energy of the photon changes.
The energy of the photon does not change.
Hz.
Explain.
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