Performance Task No.

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Show ALL equations, solutions, and units in performing the following calculations. Express your answer in
Scientific Notation. Indicate the type of Electromagnetic Radiation for items 1-15.

1. What is the wavelength of a wave having a frequency of 3.76 x 1014 Hz?

2. What is the frequency. of a 6.9 x 10-13 m wave?
3. What is the wavelength of a 2.99 Hz wave?
4. What is the frequency of a 7.43 x 10-5 m wave?
5. What is the wavelength of a 1.28 x 1017 Hz wave?
6. What is the frequency of a 2,600 cm wave?
7. What is the frequency of a 5.6 x 1010 μm wave?
8. What is the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation having a frequency of 5 x 1012 Hz?
9. What is the frequency of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of 3.33 x 10-8 m?
10. The laser in a compact disc (CD) player uses light with a wavelength of 780nm. What is the frequency of
this light (hint: convert nm to m using the conversion factor of 1 m = 1 x 10-9 nm)
11. What is the frequency of an electromagnetic wave that has a wavelength of 1.00 x 1012 m?
12. Calculate the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave with a frequency of 8.68 x 1016 Hz.
13. Calculate the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave with a frequency of 5.0 x 1014 Hz?
14. What is the frequency of an electromagnetic wave that has a wavelength of 4.55 x 10-3 m?
15. A photon has a frequency (f) of 2.68 x 106 Hz. Calculate its energy.
16. Calculate the energy (E) and wavelength of a photon of light with a frequency (f) of 6.165 x 1014 Hz.
17. Calculate the frequency and the energy of blue light that has a wavelength of 400 nm.
18. Calculate the wavelength and energy of light that has a frequency of 1.5 x 1015 Hz.
19. Calculate the total energy in 1.5 x 1013 photons of gamma radiation having a wavelength of 3.0 x 10-12 m.
20. Calculate the energy and frequency of red light having a wavelength of 6.80 x 10-5 cm.

Note: Be mindful of the units. Some wavelengths are expressed in units other than “meter”. Convert it to meter
before solving.