The compound eyes of bees and other insects are highly sensitive to light in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum, particularly light with a frequency between 7.4 ✕ 1014 Hz and 0.96 ✕ 1015 Hz.

Question

To what wavelengths do these frequencies correspond?

a.) The lower wavelength is:

b.) The upper wavelength is:

Answer 1

Use:

where "c" is the speed of light which is 2.998 x 10⁸ m/s, λ is the wavelength (in meters), and "f" is the frequency (in Hertz).

If you get very small numbers, you may wish to convert them to mm (multiply answer by 1000) or micrometers (multiply answer by 1,000,000)