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Photons released by the bulb

Given that only about tex2html_wrap_inline454 % of the energy of incandescent bulbs is converted into visible light and assuming that each photon has a typical wavelength tex2html_wrap_inline456 , I the total number of photons emitted by a P=100 Watt bulb during each response time tex2html_wrap_inline462 of the human eye. your answer in terms only of the variables given, Planck's constant h and the speed of light c, (i.e., use only tex2html_wrap_inline468 ).



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Thu Feb 6 11:34:49 EST 1997