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What is the frequency of blue light that has a wavelength of 459 nm?
 Oct 7, 2013
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If you divide the speed of light, 3.00e-34 Js, by the wavelength, 4.59e-7, then you'll get the frequency. I think its (6.54e-28) power but I'm not completely sure.
 Oct 8, 2013
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I think I've got it

The speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second
Blue light : 459 x 10 -9 metres/wavelength

frequency is measured in Hertz which is wavelengths per second
(m/s) divided by (m/wavelengths) gives (wavelengths per second) The metres cancel out.

So frequency
=wavelengths / sec
=speed of light / wavelength
=299,792,458 / (459 x 10 -9)
=6.5314261 x 10 14 Hertz
=653,143 GHz (to the nearest GHz)

I'm pretty sure that this is correct.
 Oct 8, 2013
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Thanks!
 Oct 9, 2013

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