What is the wavelength (in nm) of the red light emitted by a barcode scanner that has a frequency of #4.62 * 10^14s^-1#?

1 Answer
Nov 29, 2015

I found #649nm#

Explanation:

You can convert frequency, #nu#, into wavelength, #lambda#, using the speed of light in vacuum as:
#c=lambda*nu#
rearranging:
#lambda=c/nu=(3xx10^8)/(4.62xx10^14)=6.4935xx10^-7m~~649nm#