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    Electron in hydrogen atom first jumps from third excited state to second excited state and then from second excited to the first excited state. The ratio of the wavelengths \[{{\lambda }_{1}}:{{\lambda }_{2}}\] emitted in the two cases is                                                                                                                                         [AIPMT (S) 2012]

    A)  7/5                  

    B)  27/20

    C)       27/5                

    D)       20/7

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Here, for wavelength \[{{\lambda }_{1}}\]
    \[{{n}_{1}}=4\] and \[{{n}_{2}}=3\]
    and for \[{{\lambda }_{2}},\,{{n}_{1}}=3\] and \[{{n}_{2}}=2\]
    We have \[\frac{hc}{\lambda }=-13.6\left[ \frac{1}{n_{2}^{2}}-\frac{1}{n_{1}^{2}} \right]\]
    So, for \[{{\lambda }_{1}}\]
    \[\Rightarrow \]   \[\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{1}}}=-13.6\left[ \frac{1}{{{(4)}^{2}}}-\frac{1}{{{(3)}^{2}}} \right]\]
    \[\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{1}}}=13.6\left[ \frac{7}{144} \right]\]                …(i)
    Similarly, for \[{{\lambda }_{2}}\]
    \[\Rightarrow \]   \[\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{2}}}=-13.6\left[ \frac{1}{{{(3)}^{2}}}-\frac{1}{{{(2)}^{2}}} \right]\]
                \[\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{2}}}=13.6\left[ \frac{5}{36} \right]\]                             …(ii)
    Hence, from Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
    \[\frac{{{\lambda }_{1}}}{{{\lambda }_{2}}}=\frac{20}{7}\]


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