The energy of a photon of light with wavelength $5000\,\mathop A\limits^o $ is approximately $2.5\, eV$. This way the energy of an $X-$ ray photon with wavelength $1\,\mathop A\limits^o $ would be

  • [AIIMS 2010]
  • A

    $\frac{{2.5}}{{{{\left( {5000} \right)}^2}}}\,eV$

  • B

    $2.5\times5000\, eV$

  • C

    $\frac{{2.5}}{{{{\left( {5000} \right)}^2}}}\,eV$

  • D

    $\frac{{2.5}}{{5000}}\,eV$

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  • [AIIMS 2000]

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