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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 12. atoms

The ratio of the magnitude of the kinetic energy to the potential energy of an electron in the \(5^{\text {th }}\) excited state of a hydrogen atom is _______.

  1. A \(4\)
  2. B  \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  3. C \(\frac{1}{2}\)
  4. D \(1\)
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(C) \(\frac{1}{2}\)

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\(\frac{1}{2}|P E|=K E\) for each value of \(\mathrm{n}\) (orbit) \(\therefore \frac{K E}{|P E|}=\frac{1}{2}\)
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