Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 30 - Quantum Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1076: 90

Answer

$3.69\times 10^{28}photons$

Work Step by Step

The number of photons can be calculated as follows: $E_{photon}=\frac{(6.63\times 10^{-34}J.s)(3\times 10^8m/s)}{(12.2cm)(\frac{10^{-12m}}{1cm})}$ $E_{photon}=1.63\times 10^{-24}J$ Now $n=\frac{Q}{E_{photon}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $n=\frac{6.01\times 10^4}{1.63\times 10^{-24}}$ $n=3.69\times 10^{28}~photons$
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