A beam of light traveling through the air has a wavelength of A = 501 nanometers. What is the frequency of the light? (give your answer in TeraHertz, i.e. NUMBER1012 Hz)

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A beam of light traveling through the air has a wavelength of ) = 501 nanometers. What is the frequency of the light? (give your answer in TeraHertz, i.e. NUMBER 1012 Hz)