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Whenever a hydrogen atom emits a photon in the Balmer series .

A

it need not emit any more photon

B

it may emit another photon in the Paschen series

C

it may emit another photon in the Lyman series

D

it may emit another photon in the Balmer series

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C
The electron is still in the state `n = 2` It has reach the ground state by emitted a photon
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