An electron is in the n = 6 state of a hydrogen atom. It absorbs an incident photon and is ejected from the atom with kinetic energy 9.66 eV. What was the energy of the incident photon, in eV?

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An electron is in the n = 6 state of a hydrogen atom. It absorbs an incident photon and is ejected from the atom with kinetic energy 9.66 eV. What was the energy of the incident photon, in eV?

 
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