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Estimate the number of photons emitted per second by a 15 watt fluorescent lamp. (hint: take an average wavelength)

Estimate the number of photons emitted per second by a 15 watt fluorescent lamp.  (hint:  take an average wavelength)

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A 15-watt light bulb emits 15 joules of energy each second. Thus, the number of 600-nanometers photons it emits each second is

the number of photons =total energy emitted / energy emitted per photon

=15 joule/3.31x10^19 joule/photon
= 4.531x10^19 photons.


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