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Calculate the energy (in joules) of (a) a photon with a wavelength of 5.00 × 104nm (infrared region) and (b) a photon with a wavelength of 52 nm (ultraviolet region). (c) Calculate the kinetic energy of an electron ejected by the photon in part (b) from a metal with a binding energy of 3.7 eV.
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