The energy of an X-ray photon of wavelength 3.0 $\times$ 10^-10 m is A)1.0 $\times$ 10^-16 J B)9.9 $\times$ 10^-16 J C)6.6 $\times$ 10^-16 J D)2.2 $\times$ 10^-24 J E)3.2 $\times$ 10^-29 J

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The energy of a photon is given by E = hc/λ, where h is Planck's constant (6.63 x 10^-34 J·s), c is the speed of light (3.00 x 10^8 m/s), and λ is the wavelength. Substituting the given wavelength, the energy is approximately 6.6 x 10^-16 J.

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