A spectral line in the Balmer series of hydrogen has a wavelength of

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A spectral line in the Balmer series of hydrogen has a wavelength of 486.1 nm486.1\,\text{nm}. Assuming this line ends at nf=2n_f = 2, the principal quantum number nin_i of the initial level is (a) 66 (b) 44 (c) 33 (d) 55

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