A 40 W incandescent bulb radiates from a tungsten filament operating at 3300 K. Assuming that the

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A 40 W incandescent bulb radiates from a tungsten filament operating at 3300 K. Assuming that the bulb radiates like a blackbody, 

(a) what are the frequency fm and the wavelength λm at the maximum of the spectral distribution? 

(b) If fm is a good approximation of the average frequency of the photons emitted by the bulb, about how many photons is the bulb radiating per second?

(c) If you are looking at the bulb from 5 m away, how many photons enter your eye per second? (The diameter of your pupil is about 5.0 mm.)

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Modern Physics

ISBN: 9781429250788

6th Edition

Authors: Paul A. Tipler, Ralph Llewellyn

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