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The photoelectric threshold wavelength for silver in `lambda_(0)`.The energy of the electron ejected from the surface of silver by an incident wavelength `lambda(lambdaltlambda_(0))` will be

A

`hc((lambda_0-lambda)/(lambdalambda_0))`

B

`h/c((lambda_0-lambda)/(lambdalambda_0))`

C

`(hc)/(lambda_0-lambda)`

D

`hc(lambda_0-lambda)`.

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