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Chapter 31, Problem 14P
(a) What is the wavelength of a 25.75 × 109 Hz radar signal? (b) What is the frequency of an X-ray with wavelength 0.12 nm?
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EP PHYSICS F/SCI.+ENGR.W/MOD..-MOD MAST
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