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Highly excited states for hydrogen-like atoms (also called Rydberg states) with nuclear charge Ze are defined by their principal quantum number n, where n >> 1. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true? 

(A) Relative change in the radii of two consecutive orbitals does not depend on Z 

(B) Relative change in the radii of two consecutive orbitals varies as 1/n 

(C) Relative change in the energy of two consecutive orbitals varies as 1/n3

(D) Relative change in the angular momenta of two consecutive orbitals varies as 1/n

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(A) Relative change in the radii of two consecutive orbitals does not depend on Z 

(B) Relative change in the radii of two consecutive orbitals varies as 1/n 

(D) Relative change in the angular momenta of two consecutive orbitals varies as 1/n

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