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Unreasonable Results

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An LC\text{LC} circuit containing a 1.00-pF capacitor oscillates at such a frequency that it radiates at a 300-nm wavelength. (a) What is the inductance of the circuit? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 24.4 Energy in Electromagnetic Waves, exercise 23

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