An AM radio station broadcasts an electromagnetic wave with a frequency of 916 kHz, whereas an FM station broadcasts an electromagnetic wave with a frequency of 91.8 MHz. How many AM photons are needed to have a total energy equal to that of one FM photon?
Photons are not AM or FM, what a strange idea.
However, I can compare the energy of photons at the two
frequencies.
Energy equivalent to an EM photon
E = hf, where h = Plank's constant 6.626e-34 Js
E = hc/λ (alternate form)
E is the energy of the particle in Joules
f is frequency in Hertz, λ is wavelength in meters
c is speed of light in m/s
for the first
E = hf = h(916e3)
for the second
E = hf = h(91.8e6)
and the ratio of the two is
Ratio = h(91.8e6) / h(916e3) = 100
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