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2.What is the speed of light in water (7=1.33) and in glass (1-1.5)? 3.What is the longest wavelength EM radiation that can eject a photoelectron from silver (A=4.73 eV; 1 eV = 1.6x10-19 J).

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3.What is the longest wavelength EM radiation that can eject a
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