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Calculate the wavelength of light that must be absorbed for an electron in a hydrogen atom to transition from the n=3 to n=2 energy level, using the equation for energy of a hydrogen atom: E = -13.6/n^2 eV and the Planck constant, h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J s.

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First, we need to find the energy difference between the two energy levels  n=3 and n=2 . We can do this by calculating the energy for each level and then finding the difference.E3 = -13.6 /  3^2  eV = -13.6 / 9 eV = -1.51 eVE2 = -13.6 /  2^2  eV = -13.6 / 4 eV = -3.4 eVNow, we can find the energy difference  E  between the two levels:E = E2 - E3 = -3.4 eV -  -1.51 eV  = -1.89 eVNext, we need to convert this energy difference from electron volts  eV  to joules  J . We can do this using the conversion factor: 1 eV = 1.602  10^-19 J.E = -1.89 eV   1.602  10^-19 J/eV  = -3.03  10^-19 JNow, we can use the Planck's equation to find the wavelength    of light that must be absorbed for this transition:E = h  c / Where E is the energy difference, h is the Planck constant  6.626  10^-34 J s , and c is the speed of light  3  10^8 m/s .Rearranging the equation to solve for : = h  c / EPlugging in the values: =  6.626  10^-34 J s    3  10^8 m/s  /  -3.03  10^-19 J  = 6.56  10^-7 mTherefore, the wavelength of light that must be absorbed for an electron in a hydrogen atom to transition from the n=3 to n=2 energy level is approximately 6.56  10^-7 m or 656 nm.

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