Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 40 - All About Atoms - Problems - Page 1249: 49

Answer

$2.05\times 10^{7}$

Work Step by Step

The wavelengths of laser can be precisely “tuned” to anywhere in the visible range—that is, in the range $450\;nm\lt\lambda\lt650\;nm$ Therefore the frequency range of the laser is $\frac{3\times 10^{8}}{650\times10^{-9}}\;Hz\lt f\lt \frac{3\times 10^{8}}{450\times10^{-9}}\;Hz$ $\implies 4.62\times 10^{14}\;Hz\lt f \lt 6.67\times 10^{14}\;Hz$ The total frequency band=$(6.67-4.62)\times 10^{14}\;Hz=2.05\times 10^{14}\;Hz$ If every television channel occupies a bandwidth of 10 MHz, the number of channels can be accommodated within this wavelength rang is given by $n=\frac{2.05\times 10^{14}}{10\times 10^{6}}=2.05\times 10^{7}$ Therefore, the number of channels can be accommodated within this wavelength rang is $2.05\times 10^{7}$
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