Physics of Everyday Phenomena
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 11E
(a)
To determine
The frequency of the photon.
(b)
To determine
The wavelength of the photon.
(c)
To determine
The color represented by the photon.
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