Calculating Energy from Wavelengths: How do I Use the Equation?

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Homework Statement



I made a word doc, and attached it as a picture.

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I calculated all the wavelengths, and plotted the values, but how do I find energy from the equation deltaE = hv?
Thanks in advance!
 

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Looks to me like just a plug and chug, I am not sure what's the problem.
 
Borek said:
Looks to me like just a plug and chug, I am not sure what's the problem.

But what is the R, and what is the c?

thanks.
 
R is what you are to find from the plot (so called Rydberg constant), c is the speed of light.

R2 mentioned on the plot seems to be a correlation coefficient, this can be confusing.