If the wavelength of orange light is #6 * 10^-7# #m#, what is its frequency?

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Kayla
Jun 8, 2016

#5xx10^(14) Hz or s^(-1)#

Explanation:

Let's use the following formula

#C = lambda xx v#

  • C represents the speed of light, which has a value of approximately #3.00xx10^(8) m/s#
  • #lambda# represents the wavelength and the units should be in meters.
  • v represents the frequency, which should have units of #Hz or s^(-1)#. Hz is hertz or reciprocal seconds.

Now let's rearrange the equation to solve for v:

#C/lambda# = #v#

#v=(3.00xx10^(8) cancel"m")/(s)/(6xx10^(-7)cancel"m")# = #5xx10^(14)s^(-1)#

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