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A 100-watt light bulb 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
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A 100-watt light bulb 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 525nm, how many photons are emitted per second?
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Answer:
Explanation:
Let the number of photons emitted by bulb be ‘n’.
Given:
Energy radiated by bulb per second (E) = 100 J
Wavelength of light emitted (λ) = 525 nm =
We know that,
Energy of a photon is given as:
Where,
Now, if there are ‘n’ photons, the energy will be equal to energy of 1 photon times the number of photons. So,
Now, rewriting in terms of ‘n’, we get:
Plug in the values given and solve for ‘n’. This gives,
Therefore,
photons are emitted per second.