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Consider a hydrogen-like atom whose energy in nth excited state is given by
`E_(n) = (13.6 Z^(2))/(n^(2))`
When this excited makes a transition from excited state to ground state , most energetic photons have energy
`E_(max) = 52.224 eV`. and least energetic photons have energy
`E_(max) = 1.224 eV`
Find the atomic number of atom and the intial state or excitation.

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`[He^(+),5]`
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