A 940kHz radio station broadcasts of power. How many photons emanate from the transmitting antenna every second?

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The number of photons is 6.4×1031, emanate from the transmitting antenna every second.

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In specifically, a photon's energy is equal to the radiation frequency multiplied by Planck's

constant.

The radio station produces many photons, each having an energy of hf. The radio station emits nnumber of photons. The station's energy output, therefore, becomes ntimes the energy of each photon:

E=nhf

Here, is the energy of a photon, is the number of photons, is the plank’s constant, and is the frequency.

That energy is then employed in the power equation as follows:

localid="1657554687931" P=Et=nhft

Rearrange the above equation for the number of photons.

n=Pthf ….. (1)

Consider the known data as below.

The power, P=40kW=40000W

The frequency, f=940kHz=940000Hz

Plank’s constant, localid="1657554880833" h=6.636×10-34Js

Speed of light, c=3×108ms

Substitute known values into equation (1), and you have

localid="1657555089397" n=40000×16.636×10-34×9400006.4×10-34

Hence, the number of photons emitted every second is 6.4×10-34.

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