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Chapter 4, Problem 3Q
(a)
To determine
Whether an electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom can absorb a photon of energy less than
(b)
To determine
Whether an electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom can absorb a photon of energy greater than
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