If a light wave has a wavelength of 500nm in air what is the frequency of the wave?
[c = 3 x 10\(^8\) ms-1]

a

3.0 x 1014 Hz

b

6.0 x 1014 Hz

c

6.0 x 1012 Hz

d

2.5 x 1014 Hz

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anuoluwabimpe222
6 years ago

IT JUST LIKE YOU ARE APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE OF MATH. NONAGON IN MATH IS 10 RAISE TO POWER 9,SO ALSO IN PHYSIC ANYTHING "NONA" IS THE SAME AS I HAVE MENTIONED.

I_am_Mofeoluwa
2 years ago

they are submultiples, you can also call them prefix in physics where nm is nanometer
and a nano is 10 ^ -9.
10 ^ -1 is deci
10 ^ -2 is centi
10 ^ -3 is milli
10 ^ -6 is micro
10 ^ -9 is nano
10 ^ - 12 is Pico
10 ^ - 15 is femto and so on

Bamz753
1 year ago

we will all pass ijn if you believe say amen

Dpreshiy
3 years ago

i don't really understand this. please someone should help

Tonyrex11
9 years ago

how did they get 500x10^9

Anela
1 year ago

Also didn't see the solution 🤧 so I used the formula they gave.Atleast Myschool don try.

F=?
c= 3×10⁸(Changing to standard form=300000000)
wavelength= 500nm(this nm is simply 5x10-⁹)____(changing to standard form=0.0000005)

I changed them to standard form for ease while solving.

F= 300000000/0.0000005
=6×10¹⁴.

sorry if it's a little clustered.

Hope you understand

Prince07Jack
4 months ago

pls what topic does this question comes from, thanks

Olohegbe
11 months ago

In my jamb past question and answer booklet the answer of the question is option (c) ,and am confused pls i need a better explanation

teasher
1 year ago

can't view the solution

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Ke

fav2225
1 year ago

same here oo, how did they got 10. raise to the powers of 9

JacyN
1 year ago

I can't see the solution

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