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When a beam of `10.6 eV` photons of intensity `2.0 W //m^2` falls on a platinum surface of area `1.0xx10^(-4) m^2` and work function `5.6 eV, 0.53%` of the incident photons eject photoelectrons. Find the number of photoelectrons emitted per second and their minimum and maximum energy (in eV).
Take `1 eV = 1.6xx 10^(-19) J`.

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