?Note: Answers to all odd-numbered Problems, numbered in blue

Chapter 2, Problem 104

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Note: Answers to all odd-numbered Problems, numbered in blue, can be found in Appendix III. Exercises in the Problems by Topic section are paired, with each odd-numbered problem followed by a similar even-numbered problem. Exercises in the Cumulative Problems section are also paired but more loosely. Because of their nature, Challenge Problems and Conceptual Problems are unpaired.

The light emitted from one of the following electronic transitions (n = 4 \(\rightarrow\) n=3 or n= 3 \(\rightarrow\) n = 2) in the hydrogen atom causes the photoelectric effect in a particular metal while light from the other transition does not. Which transition causes the photo- electric effect and why?

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