What is meant by the negative sign in an answer like"-46.8kJ"? When would you use a positive sign

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MA_775_DIABLO [31]3 years ago

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It’s positive when you use energy for work

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The electron in a hydrogen atom, originally in level n = 8, undergoes a transition to a lower level by emitting a photon of wave

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Explanation:

It is given that,

The electron in a hydrogen atom, originally in level n = 8, undergoes a transition to a lower level by emitting a photon of wavelength 3745 nm. It means that,

$n_i=8$

$\lambda=3745\ nm$

The amount of energy change during the transition is given by :

$\Delta E=R_H[\dfrac{1}{n_f^2}-\dfrac{1}{n_i^2}]$

And

$\dfrac{hc}{\lambda}=R_H[\dfrac{1}{n_f^2}-\dfrac{1}{n_i^2}]$

Plugging all the values we get :

$\dfrac{6.63\times 10^{-34}\times 3\times 10^8}{3745\times 10^{-9}}=2.179\times 10^{-18}[\dfrac{1}{n_f^2}-\dfrac{1}{8^2}]\\\\\dfrac{5.31\times 10^{-20}}{2.179\times 10^{-18}}=[\dfrac{1}{n_f^2}-\dfrac{1}{8^2}]\\\\0.0243=[\dfrac{1}{n_f^2}-\dfrac{1}{64}]\\\\0.0243+\dfrac{1}{64}=\dfrac{1}{n_f^2}\\\\0.039925=\dfrac{1}{n_f^2}\\\\n_f^2=25\\\\n_f=5$