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Hydrogen Spectra

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Question

Atomic hydrogen is excited to the nth energy level.The maximum number of spectral lines which it can emit while returing to the ground state, is

\frac{1}{2} n (n - 1)

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\frac{1}{2} n (n + 1)

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n (n + 1)

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n (n - 1)

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Solution

The correct option is B $\frac{1}{2} n (n - 1)$
Maximum no of spectral lines $= \frac{n (n - 1)}{2}$

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