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A light source emits \( 6.0 \times 10^{15} \) photons per second with a power of \( 3.0 \, \text{mW}
\). What is the energy of each photon in joules?

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**Photon power** light source emits 1.0×10¹⁶ photons/s power 4.0 mW, energy per photon E= P/N =4×10⁻³/10¹⁶=4×10⁻¹⁹ J, wavelength λ= h c/E=6.63×10⁻³⁴×3×10⁸/4×10⁻¹⁹=497 nm, for 6×10¹⁵ photons/s 3.0 mW E=5×10⁻¹⁹ J, for beam 2.5×10¹⁵ photons/s 4×10⁻¹⁹ J each power=10⁻³ W=1 mW, illustrating P = N h f. E = (P/N) = (3.0 × 10⁻³/6.0 × 10¹⁵) = 5.0 × 10⁻¹⁹ J . Applying E = h f = h c/λ, p = h/λ, K_max = h f - Φ, Φ = h f₀ = h c/λ₀, λ = h/√(2 m e V) and f_max = e V/h, result 5.0 × 10⁻¹⁹ J follows, reflecting photoelectric and de Broglie relations.

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