The photoelectric effect is explainable assuming
A) that light has a wave nature and a particle nature.
B) that light has a wave nature.
C) that light has a particle nature.
D) that light is an electromagnetic phenomena.

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The photoelectric effect is explainable assuming that light has a particle nature. This is because the energy of the emitted electrons is proportional to the frequency of the incident light, which is not explainable by the wave nature of light.

The Photoelectric Effect Is Explainable Assuming