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  4. The light of two different frequencies whose photons have energies 3.8 eV and 1.4 eV respectively, illuminate a metallic surface whose work function is 0.6 eV successively. The ratio of maximum speeds of emitted electrons for the two frequencies respectively will be :

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Q. The light of two different frequencies whose photons have energies $3.8 \,eV$ and $1.4 \,eV$ respectively, illuminate a metallic surface whose work function is $0.6 \,eV$ successively. The ratio of maximum speeds of emitted electrons for the two frequencies respectively will be :

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Solution:

$\sqrt{\frac{3.8-0.6}{1.4-0.6}}=\sqrt{\frac{3.2}{0.8}}=2$