What is the frequency of a green light, which has a wavelength of #4.90 * 10^-7#m?

1 Answer
Nov 8, 2015

I found: #nu=6xx10^14 Hz#

Explanation:

You can consider that wavelength #lambda# and frequency #nu# are related through the speed of light in vacuum #c# as:

#color(red)(c=lambda*nu)#

so:
#3xx10^8=4.9xx10^-7*nu#
and:
#nu=(3xx10^8)/(4.9xx10^-7)=6xx10^14 Hz#