calculate the maximum number of emission lines produce when an electron in hydrogen atom drops from 7th orbit to ground state

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Solution

Number of lines produced when electron from nth shell drops to ground state = n(n-1)/2

so here 7(7-1)/2 = 7(6)/2 = 21

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