ydrogen atom emits a photon when its electron shifts from a higher energy level to a lower one. Suppose that one atom emits a photon whose wavelength equals 1,879 nm. If the energy levels are defined by the quantum number n (where  n = 1, 2, 3,   ),  what were the initial and final values

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A hydrogen atom emits a photon when its electron shifts from a higher energy level to a lower one. Suppose that one atom emits a photon whose wavelength equals 1,879 nm. If the energy levels are defined by the quantum number n (where 
n = 1, 2, 3,   ),
 what were the initial and final values of n?
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