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What are the (a) energy. (b) magnitude of the momentum, and (c) wavelength of the photon emitted when a hydrogen atom undergoes a transition from a state with n = 3 to a state with n = 1?

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To solve the problem of determining the energy, momentum, and wavelength of the photon emitted when a hydrogen atom transitions from the n=3 state to the n=1 state, we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Calculate the Energy of the Photon Emitted 1. **Determine the energy levels**: The energy of an electron in a hydrogen atom at a given principal quantum number \( n \) is given by the formula: \[ E_n = -\frac{13.6 \, \text{eV}}{n^2} ...
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