Find the momentum of a photon in eV/c and in kg·m/s if the wavelength is (a) 400 nm,  (b) 1 Å = 0.1 nm, (c) 3 cm, and (d) 2 nm.

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. Find the momentum of a photon in eV/c and in kg·m/s if the wavelength is (a) 400 nm, 
(b) 1 Å = 0.1 nm, (c) 3 cm, and (d) 2 nm.

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