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A photocell is illuminated by a small bright source placed away. When the same source of light is placed away, the number of electrons emitted by photocathode would
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increase by a factor of
Here, we assume light to spread uniformly in all directions.
The number of photo-electrons emitted from a surface depends on the intensity of light falling on it. Thus the number of electrons emitted depends directly on . remains constant as the source is the same.
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