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9 years ago Edited: 9 years ago, kdol
The retina of the eye contains two types of light-sensitive cells: rods (responsible for night vision) and cones (responsible for color vision). Rod cells are about a hundred times more sensitive to light than cone cells and are able to detect a single photon. Suppose a group of rod cells are radiated with a pulse of light having an energy equal to 1.01E-16 J. If the wavelength of this light was 498 nm (the wavelength at which rod cells are most sensitive), how many photons are in this light pulse?
Post Merge: 9 years ago

E= h*c/wavelength

E=given energy/answer

253 photons
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