The energy of a hydrogen atom in its ground state is $-13.6 \, eV$. The energy of the level corresponding to the quantum number $n = 5$ is ...... $eV$.

  • A
    $-5.40$
  • B
    $-2.72$
  • C
    $-0.85$
  • D
    $-0.54$

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