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Question
In Hydrogen, the electron jumps from the fourth orbit to the second orbit. The wavenumber of the radiations emitted by an electron is ______
Options
`"R"/16`
`(3"R")/16`
`(5"R")/16`
`(7"R")/16`
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Solution
In Hydrogen, the electron jumps from the fourth orbit to the second orbit. The wavenumber of the radiations emitted by an electron is `underline((3"R")/16).`
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