Given below are two statements: Statement I : Two photons having equal linear momenta have equal wavelengths. Statement II : If the wavelength of the photon is decreased, then the momentum and energy

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Given below are two statements: Statement I : Two photons having equal linear momenta have equal wavelengths. Statement II : If the wavelength of the photon is decreased, then the momentum and energy of a photon will also decrease. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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If linear momentum are equal then wavelength also equal.

The momentum $p$ and energy $E$ of a photon is given by,

$p = \frac{h}{λ}, E = \frac{h c}{λ}$ ; where $c$ is speed of light and $h$ is Plank's constant.

On decreasing wavelength, momentum and energy of photon increases.

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