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The maximum kinetic energy of photoelectron is doubled when the wavelength of light incident on the photosensitive changes from `lambda_1` to `lambda_2`. Deduce expression for the threshold wavelength and work function for metals in terms of `lambda_1` and `lambda_2`

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