The emission spectrum below for a one-electron (hydrogen-like) species in the gas phase shows all the lines, before they merge together, resulting from transitions to the first excited state from higher energy states. Line A has a wavelength of 27.1 nm.

(a) What are the upper and lower principal quantum numbers corresponding to the lines labeled A and B?

(b) Identify the one-electron species that exhibits the spectrum.

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BA Increasing wavelength, 2