What Factors Affect the Number of Emission Lines Produced by an Atom?

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A hypothetical atom has five energy levels. How many emission lines will it produce?
 
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If an electron excites to fifth energy level, It will transit to 4 or 3 or 2 or 1. Similarly find the number of emission lines from other energy levels.