Which has the greater energy, yellow light or green light?

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L.Shane John Paul N.
Nov 19, 2015

Green light.

Explanation:

According to the Planck's equation,
#E=hnu#
where,
#E=# Energy of the light wave
#h=# Planck's constant
#nu=# Frequency of the light wave
#therefore E ∝ nu #
So, higher the frequency, higher the energy. Hence, green light has more energy than red light.

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