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Transcribed Image Text:What wavelength of light is emitted by a hydrogen atom in which an electron makes a transition from the n = 8 to the n = 5 state? Enter this wavelength expressed
in nanometers. 1 nm = 1 x 10-9 m
Assume the Bohr model.
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