The electromagnetic spectrum

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A highly energetic cosmic event in a distant galaxy simultaneously emits a pulse of radio waves with wavelength λradio=1.5 km\lambda_{\text{radio}} = 1.5\text{ km}λradio​=1.5 km and a pulse of gamma rays with wavelength λgamma=3.0 pm\lambda_{\text{gamma}} = 3.0\text{ pm}λgamma​=3.0 pm. Both pulses travel through the vacuum of interstellar space to a detector on Earth.

What is the ratio of their travel times, tradiotgamma\displaystyle \frac{t_{\text{radio}}}{t_{\text{gamma}}}tgamma​tradio​​, and what is the ratio of the energy of a single gamma-ray photon to a single radio photon, EgammaEradio\displaystyle \frac{E_{\text{gamma}}}{E_{\text{radio}}}Eradio​Egamma​​?

tradiotgamma=1\frac{t_{\text{radio}}}{t_{\text{gamma}}} = 1tgamma​tradio​​=1 and EgammaEradio=5.0×1014\frac{E_{\text{gamma}}}{E_{\text{radio}}} = 5.0 \times 10^{14}Eradio​Egamma​​=5.0×1014

tradiotgamma=1\frac{t_{\text{radio}}}{t_{\text{gamma}}} = 1tgamma​tradio​​=1 and EgammaEradio=2.0×10−15\frac{E_{\text{gamma}}}{E_{\text{radio}}} = 2.0 \times 10^{-15}Eradio​Egamma​​=2.0×10−15

tradiotgamma=2.0×10−15\frac{t_{\text{radio}}}{t_{\text{gamma}}} = 2.0 \times 10^{-15}tgamma​tradio​​=2.0×10−15 and EgammaEradio=5.0×1014\frac{E_{\text{gamma}}}{E_{\text{radio}}} = 5.0 \times 10^{14}Eradio​Egamma​​=5.0×1014

tradiotgamma=5.0×1014\frac{t_{\text{radio}}}{t_{\text{gamma}}} = 5.0 \times 10^{14}tgamma​tradio​​=5.0×1014 and EgammaEradio=2.0×10−15\frac{E_{\text{gamma}}}{E_{\text{radio}}} = 2.0 \times 10^{-15}Eradio​Egamma​​=2.0×10−15

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