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The ground state energy of an electron is 42ev, give the energy in eV of corresponding to 6th energy level A 252ev B.252 j/ev C. 67.284 ×10-19ev D.67.284×10-19ev


Jessy Sunny 12th Sep, 2021
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Subhalaxmi Biswal 24th Dec, 2021

Greetings, Aspirant

The energies of an electron in the first and sixth energy level can be compared as

E 1 /E 2 =   (n 2 /n 1 ) 2

=> 42 eV/ E 2 = (6 / 1) 2 => 42 eV / E 2 = 36

=> E 2 = (42/36) eV = 1.16 eV

The answer does not match any of the given options. I hope it helps.

Thank you

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