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OpenStudy (elianymendoza):

Consider a hydrogen atom in the ground state. What is the energy of its electron? which is, -2.1799 X10^-18 J Now consider an excited-state hydrogen atom. What is the energy of electron in the n=2 level?

OpenStudy (elianymendoza):

I believe the formula is: \[E= (-2.179 X 10^{-18} J) (\left(\begin{matrix}1 \\ n ^{2}\end{matrix}\right)\] Which I get a result of -5.4925 x10^-19

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