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Two beams, one of red light and the other of blue light, of the same intensity are incident on a metallic surface to emit photoelectrons. Which one of the two beams emits electrons of greater kinetic energy ?

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Blue light, because the energy of blue light is greater than that of red light
`( hv)_(B ) gt ( hv) _(R ) `
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