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If a metal is exposed with light of wavelength `lambda,` the maximum kinetic energy produced is found to be 2 eV. When the same metal is exposed to a
wavelength `(lambda)/(5)` the maximum kinetic energy was found to be 14 eV. Find the value of work function (in eV).

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