Q.

Which has a higher energy a photon of violet light with wavelength  or a photon of red light with wavelength 7000A0(h=6.625 × 1034 J.sec)

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a

Energies cannot be comparable

b

Red light

c

Both have same energy

d

Violet light

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

E1λ E=hcλ
Case (i) Energy of a photon of violet light with wavelength 4000A0
E=6.626×1034J.Sec×3×108m/sec4000×1010m =4.96×1019J
Case (ii) Energy of a photon of red light with wave length 7000A0
=6.626×1034J.sec×3×108m/sec7000×1010m =2.83×1019J
So violet light has higher energy than red light.

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Which has a higher energy a photon of violet light with wavelength  or a photon of red light with wavelength 7000A0(h=6.625 × 10–34 J.sec)