The line spectrum of an atom reveals critical information about its quantized energy levels, specifically that energy levels are defined by the formula E = -n² x 13.6 eV, where n is an integer. Each line in the spectrum corresponds to a specific electronic transition between these energy levels. The frequency of the emitted photons indicates the nature of these transitions, while the intensity of each line reflects the probability of the corresponding transition occurring.
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