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Why do the wavelengths of the absorption and emission lines match?.

Why do the wavelengths of the absorption and emission lines match?.
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Why do the wavelengths of the absorption and emission lines match?.

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Because the energy levels in an element's atoms are fixed, the size of the outward jumps made by the electrons are the same as the inward jumps.
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