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A 100-watt lightbulb radiates energy at a rate of 100 J/s. (The watt, a unit of power, or energy over time, is defined as 1 J/s.) If all of the light emitted has a wavelength of 550nm, how many photons are emitted per second? (Assume three significant figures in this calculation.)

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Answer:

[tex] N=2.18\cdot 10^{20}photons/s[/tex]

Explanation:

The energy of a photon is: [tex] E=h\nu=h\frac{c}{\lambda}[/tex] when h is the Planck constant.

[tex] h=6.63\cdot 10^{-34}Js[/tex]    

[tex] c=3.8\cdot 10^{8}m/s[/tex]

Then, we calculate the energy of a photon with a wavelength equal to 550 nm.

[tex]E= 4.58\cdot 10^{-19}J[/tex]

To find the number of photons we can use this equation:

[tex]N=\frac{P}{E}=\frac{100}{4.58\cdot 10^{-19}}=2.18\cdot 10^{20} photons/s[/tex]

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