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Q. The angular momentum of an electron in a hydrogen atom is proportional to

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Solution:

$L=mvr=\frac{n h}{2 \pi }$
But $r=0.529\frac{n^{2}}{Z}$
$L \propto n \propto \sqrt{r}$