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📅 NSB Regional 2016🎓 HS🔄 Round 9#️⃣ Question 3🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

An electron in a hydrogen atom is excited from the n = 1 to n = 2 energy level by absorbing a photon. Then, it is excited from the n = 2 to the n = 3 energy level by absorbing a second photon. What is the ratio of the energies of the first photon to the second?

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