document.write( "Question 1021549: Can someone please help me with this homework question? I am stuck and do not know how to approach this question.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is a photoelectric effect. See, for example, this Wikipedia article.\r
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document.write( "The energy of the photon is \"E%5Bphoton%5D\" = \"h%2Anu\", \r\n" );
document.write( "    where h is the Plank's constant, \"nu\" is the photon frequency,\r\n" );
document.write( "    \"nu\" = \"c%2Flambda\",\r\n" );
document.write( "    c is the speed of light, \"lambda\" = wavelength.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The binding energy of the electron is the difference \"E%5Bphoton%5D\" - kinetic energy of the electron.\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is the scheme.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To implement it accurately, you need pay attention to the dimensions of yours quantities.\r\n" );
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