Light has a frequency of 7.21 × 1013 hertz. What is its wavelength? The speed of light is 3.00 × 108 m/s.   a. 2.40 × 10−4 nm   b. 2.40 × 105 nm   c. 2.16 × 109 nm   d. 4.16 × 103 nm   e. 4.16 × 10−6 nm

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Light has a frequency of 7.21 × 1013 hertz. What is its wavelength? The speed of light is 3.00 × 108 m/s.

  a.

2.40 × 10−4 nm

  b.

2.40 × 105 nm

  c.

2.16 × 109 nm

  d.

4.16 × 103 nm

  e.

4.16 × 10−6 nm

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