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Question: When the frequency of light incident on a metallic plate is doubled, the K.E of the emitted photoele...

When the frequency of light incident on a metallic plate is doubled, the K.E of the emitted photoelectrons will be

A

Doubled

B

Halved

C

Increase but more than double of the previous K.E.

D

Unchanged

Answer

Doubled

Explanation

Solution

Upon doubling the frequency, energy of photon will be doubled with work function of metal will remain constant. So K.E. of photon electron will be more than the double of what it possessed previously.