Thursday, September 1, 2011

Lets do a physics question (a level)


Lets do a physics question (a level)


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The question is as follows

Q:A laser emits light of wavelength 600 nm
. What is the distance, expressed as a number of wavelengths, travelled by the light in one second?

 We know that

 1 nm=10-9m
 therefore:                           600nm =6 x 10-7m

 we also know that the speed of light is= 3 x 10 8m/s
 so v= f x L

 note that the question asks for the frequency

so: f= 3 x 108/6 x 10-7 Hz
 the answer is f= 5 x 1014 Hz

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