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The ratio of the speed of electron in the \(4^{\text {th }}\) orbit of \(\mathrm{Li}^{++}\)to the speed of electron in the ground state of hydrogen atom will be:

  1. A \(\dfrac{3}{4}\)
  2. B \(\dfrac{16}{9}\)
  3. C \(\dfrac{4}{3}\)
  4. D \(\dfrac{9}{16}\)
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(A) \(\dfrac{3}{4}\)

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The speed of an electron in the \(n^{th}\) orbit of a hydrogen-like atom with atomic number \(Z\) is given by the formula \(v_n = v_0 \dfrac{Z}{n}\), where \(v_0\) is the speed of an electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom (\(Z=1, n=1\)). For the \(4^{th}\) orbit of…