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The wavelength of light of a particular colour is 5800 A. Express it in

(a) nanometre and

(b) metre.

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Solution

Wavelength of light of particular colour = 5800 Å

(a) (i) 1 Å = 10-1 nm
5800 Å = 5800 × 10-1 nm
= 580 nm

(ii) 1 Å = 10-10 m
5800 Å = 5800 × 10-10 m
= 5.8 × 10-7 m


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