Consider the photons in radio waves from an FM station that has a 88.3-MHz broadcast frequency. Find the energy in joules of a photon in the radio waves.

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Just like the optical part of the spectrum, radio waves can be described in terms of photons - although they can be very difficult to detect. Consider the photons in radio waves from an FM station that has a 88.3-MHz broadcast frequency. Find the energy in joules of a photon in the radio waves.

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