URGENT:

The neon sign in a street emits radiation of wavelength 590 nm. What will be the mass of one photon of this wavelength?

Here we will use the relation  

 λ = h / mc
m = h / λc

where  λ is the wavelength of light, h is the planck's constant, m is the mass of photon and c is the speed of light.
h = 6.626 X 10-34 Js, c = 3 x 108 m/s. Given λ = 590 x 10-9 m. 
Putting the value in formula:
m = h / λc
m = 6.626 X 10-34 Js / 590 x 10-9 m x 3 x 108 m/s = 0.0037 x 10-33 kg = 3.7 x 10-30 kg 
 

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