As the intensity of incident light increases,

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(A) The intensity of incident light is directly proportional to the number of photons incident per unit area per unit time.Since each photon ejects on

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(A) The intensity of incident light is directly proportional to the number of photons incident per unit area per unit time.Since each photon ejects one photoelectron (provided the frequency is above the threshold frequency),an increase in intensity leads to a higher number of photoelectrons emitted per second.Therefore,the photoelectric current increases.The kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons depends only on the frequency of the incident light,not on its intensity.

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