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Whether electrons would be emitted from a metal for any frequency, if light behaved only as a wave.
Answer to Problem 1RQ
True.
Explanation of Solution
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For light with frequency less than the threshold frequency, no photoelectrons are observed even though the intensity of the light increases to maximum. This proves that light acts as particle as well as wave.
Because if the light is a classical wave, then the electrons in the metal plate must continuously observe the energy from the light until it has sufficient energy to escape the metal surface for any
Conclusion:
Thus, if light behaved only as a wave, electrons would be emitted from a metal for any frequency.
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