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Three photons coming from excited atoms hydrogen sample are picked up .There energies are `12.1eV, 10.2eV and 1.9eV` these photons must come from

A

a single atom

B

two atoms

C

three atoms

D

either two atoms or three atoms

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D

1.9 eV 10.2 eV photon may be emitted by one atom or two different atoms.
12.1 eV will be due to another atom.
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