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AP Physics 2
15.3 Emission and Absorption Spectra
15.2 The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure
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An energy level diagram showing three horizontal black line segments stacked vertically. The lowest segment is labeled n = 1 on the left side, the middle segment is labeled n = 2, and the top segment is labeled n = 3. A downward vertical arrow starts on the n = 3 line and ends on the n = 2 line, accompanied by a rightward-pointing wavy arrow labeled \(\lambda_{3\to 2}\). A second downward vertical arrow starts on the n = 2 line and ends on the n = 1 line, accompanied by a rightward-pointing wavy arrow labeled \(\lambda_{2\to 1}\). The vertical distance between n = 1 and n = 2 is drawn larger than the distance between n = 2 and n = 3. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Energy level diagram showing two downward electronic transitions.
A hypothetical single-electron atom has quantized energy levels given by the expression \(E_n = -\dfrac{E_0}{n^2}\), where \(E_0\) is a positive constant and \(n = 1, 2, 3, \dots\) represents the principal quantum number. An electron transition from state \(n = 3\) to state \(n = 2\) emits a photon of wavelength \(\lambda_{3\to 2}\). In a separate process, an electron transition from state \(n = 2\) to state \(n = 1\) emits a photon of wavelength \(\lambda_{2\to 1}\). What is the ratio \(\dfrac{\lambda_{3\to 2}}{\lambda_{2\to 1}}\)?

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