Let be the centripetal acceleration of the electron in the first orbit of hydrogen ( )

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Problem

Let

a_1

be the centripetal acceleration of the electron in the first orbit of hydrogen (

Z = 1,\,n = 1

). Let

a_2

be the centripetal acceleration in the fourth orbit of He

^{+}

(

Z = 2,\,n = 4

). The ratio

\dfrac{a_1}{a_2}

is (a)

4

(b)

32

(c)

16

(d)

\dfrac{1}{32}