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The next three questions pertain to a certain green light that has a wavelength of 600nm is vacuum. The refractive index of a certain plastic is 1.2.
The frequency of the green light in the plastic will be
Group of answer choices
3.0 x 1014 Hz.
4.0 x 1014 Hz.
5.0 x 1014 Hz.
6.0 x 1014 Hz.
7.2 x 1014 Hz.
Frequency of light in plastic will be 5.0 1014 Hz.
Explanation
Wavelength of green light in vacuum is = 600 nm = 600 10- 9 m = 6 10- 7 m
Speed of light in vacuum is c = 3 108 m/s
Frequency of light in vacuum is
f = 5.0 1014 Hz
As frequency of light does not change when it goes from one medium to another. Therefore frequency of light in plastic will be 5.0 1014 Hz.
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