Wavelength of photon from hydrogen electron transition n=6 to n=3

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what is the wavelength of a photon emitted when a hydrogen electron drops from the n = 6 to the n = 3 level?
(E1 = -13.6 eV and Planck's constant is 6.626 * 10^-34 J s)
 
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Or take a quantum mechanics book which will tell you that
[tex]E_n = - \frac{m}{2 \hbar^2} \left( \frac{e^2}{4 \pi \epsilon_0} \right)^2[/tex]
are the energy levels of a hydrogen atom (I checked this in Mathematica, filling in the numbers and n = 1 indeed gives -13.6057 ElectronVolt :D).

[edit] In fact, [tex]E_n = \frac{E_1}{n^2}[/tex] (Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, p. 149, [4.70]). Now if that doesn't make it easy on you, I give up :) [/edit]
 
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