Calculating number of Photons absorbed by a surface

SirNevermind1

If light with a frequency of 4.41*10^15 Hz falls on a surface that gains 1.13*10^-16 J of energy, how many photons has the surface absorbed?

Probably simple, I've been using E = hf and such, but I got no idea from there

Help meeee please

personpersonp

since you have the frequency of the light, you can calculate the energy of each photon with E = hf. with the energy of each photon and the total energy the surface has absorbed, you can calculate the number of photons by dividing the total energy by the energy of an individual photon.

SirNevermind1

Excellent, thankyou very much

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SirNevermind1	Calculating number of Photons absorbed by a surface If light with a frequency of 4.4110^15 Hz falls on a surface that gains 1.1310^-16 J of energy, how many photons has the surface absorbed? Probably simple, I've been using E = hf and such, but I got no idea from there Help meeee please

personpersonp	since you have the frequency of the light, you can calculate the energy of each photon with E = hf. with the energy of each photon and the total energy the surface has absorbed, you can calculate the number of photons by dividing the total energy by the energy of an individual photon.