Calculate the energy of a photon emitted when an electron in a hydrogen atom undergoes a transition from n=5 to n=1 in J.

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To solve this problem, we use this equation

\(E= -E_{0} / n^{2}\), where E = 1.602E-19 Joules.

The difference of energy would then be,

\(E= E_{0}( 1/ n_{0} ^{2}+1/ n_{f} ^{2})\)

\(E= 1.602E-19( 1/ 5^{2}-1/ 1 ^{2})=-1.54E-19 Joules\)

Thus, the photon emits or releases 1.54 x 10^-19 Joules of energy.