A 662 watt bulb emits monochromatic light of wavelength 300 nm. The number of photons emitted per second by the bulb is (take h = 6.62 * 10 - 34 J s )

Option 1 - <p><span class="mathml" contenteditable="false"> <math> <msup> <mrow> <mrow> <mn>10</mn> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow> <mn>21</mn> </mrow> </mrow> </msup> <msup> <mrow> <mrow> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow> <mo>-</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </mrow> </msup> </math> </span></p>
Option 2 - <p><span class="mathml" contenteditable="false"> <math> <msup> <mrow> <mrow> <mn>10</mn> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow> <mn>20</mn> </mrow> </mrow> </msup> <msup> <mrow> <mrow> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow> <mo>-</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </mrow> </msup> </math> </span></p>
Option 3 - <p><span class="mathml" contenteditable="false"> <math> <msup> <mrow> <mrow> <mn>10</mn> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow> <mn>18</mn> </mrow> </mrow> </msup> <msup> <mrow> <mrow> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow> <mo>-</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </mrow> </msup> </math> </span></p>
Option 4 - <p><span class="mathml" contenteditable="false"> <math> <msup> <mrow> <mrow> <mn>10</mn> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow> <mn>19</mn> </mrow> </mrow> </msup> <msup> <mrow> <mrow> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow> <mo>-</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </mrow> </msup> </math> </span></p>
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Detailed Solution:

Power of bulb = 662 watt = 662 Js-1

Energy of one photon = 6.62 * 10 - 34 * 3 * 10 8 300 * 10 - 9

= 6.62 * 10 - 19 J

Number of photons emitted = 662 6.62 * 10 - 19

= 10 21 s - 1

 

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