Electromagnetic Spectrum - Physics

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An x-ray machine emits electromagnetic photons carrying a frequency of . What is the approximate energy carried by each photon?

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The energy of a photon of a given frequency is determined by the equation

, where is Plank's constant

So plug in Plank's constant and the frequency of the x-ray photons to get an energy of very near

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