In Bohr's model of hydrogen atom, let PE represent potential energy and TE the total energy. In going to a higher orbit,

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PE increases, TE decreases

PE decreases, TE increases

PE increases, TE increases

PE decreases, TE decreases

answer is C.

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PE=2TE=-αn2 [where α is some constant]With higher orbit, as r increases , n increases. So, both become less negative; hence both PE and TE increases.

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