When the amount of a radioactive substance is reduced by 50%, what has occurred? a half-life beta radiation alpha radiation gamma radiation?

Hydrogen atoms are excited by a laser to the =4n=4 state and then allowed to emit. what is the maximum number of distinct emission spectral lines (lines of different wavelengths) that can be observed from this system? 8 6 2 7 4 5 1 3 calculate the wavelength of the 4⟶14⟶1 transition. =λ=