• A photon with wavelength equal to 800 nm (infrared) strikes an electron, resulting in a second photon that is scattered at an angle 45 with respect to the first.
• (a) Calculate the difference in the photon wavelengths and the wavelength of the second photon.
• (b) Repeat the calculation for a photon with wavelength equal to 0.1 nm (X-ray) for the same photon scattering angle.

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