What is ΔE for the transition of an electron from n = 8 to n = 3 in a hydrogen atom? What is the frequency, ν,  of the spectral line produced?

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What is ΔE for the transition of an electron from n = 8 to n = 3 in a hydrogen atom? What is the frequency, ν,  of the spectral line produced?

 

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