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An electron is in a state with n=4. What are (a) the number of possible values of l, (b) the number of possible values of `m_(l)`, (c ) the number of poosible values of `m_(s)`, (d) the number of states in the `n=4` shell, and (e) the number of subshells in the `n=4` shell?

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(a) four, (b) 7, (c ) 2, (d) 32, (e) four
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