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A photon with a wavelength of 2.29 × 10^–7 meter strikes a mercury atom in the ground state. Based on your answer to question 79, state if this photon can be absorbed by the mer…

A photon with a wavelength of 2.29 × 10^–7 meter strikes a mercury atom in the ground state. Based on your answer to question 79, state if this photon can be absorbed by the mer…
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A photon with a wavelength of 2.29 × 10^–7 meter strikes a mercury atom in the ground state.

Based on your answer to question 79, state if this photon can be absorbed by the mercury atom.
Explain your answer.

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The photon can be absorbed and the energy of the photon is exactly equal to the energy-level difference between the ground state and the level d.

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