What is the frequency of a wave with a wavelength of $5.3*10^-7$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-31T14:38:00

$5.66 * 10^14Hz$

Using the wave equation

$v = f*lambda$

We rearrange it to:

$f = v/lambda$

Then we sub in the values to get the answer:

$f = (3.8*10^8)/(5.3*10^-7)$

And:

$f = 5.66 * 10^14Hz$

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