If an electron in a hydrogen atom jumps from the third orbit to the second orbit, it emits a photon of wavelength λ . When it jumps from the fourth orbit to the third orbit, the corresponding wavelength of the photon will be

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1 λ = R 1 n 1 2 - 1 n 2 2 ⇒ λ = 1 R 1 2 2 - 1 3 2 ⇒ λ ′ = 1 R 1 3 2 - 1 4 2 ⇒ λ ′ λ = 1 2 2 - 1 3 2 1 3 2 - 1 4 2 ⇒ λ ′ = 20 7 λ .

If an electron in a hydrogen atom jumps from the third orbit to the second orbit, it emits a photon of…

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