Beer's law states that the concentration of a substance is directly proportional to the amount of light absorbed or inversely proportional to the logarithm of the transmitted light.(Percent transmittance and absorbance are related photometric terms.)Beer's law is the basis for the use of photometry in quantitative measurement.

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Beer's Law States

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Beer's law states:

A) the concentration of a substance is directly proportional to the amount of light absorbed.
B) inversely proportional to the logarithm of the transmitted light.
C) inversely proportional to the amount of light absorbed.
D) both a and b.

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