Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9780131495081
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 31, Problem 16P
An EM wave has frequency 8.56 × 1014Hz. What is its wavelength, and how would we classify it?
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