- Which of the following orbitals are degenerate in the hydrogen atom with $n = 3$?
A. II and III only;
B. I and IV only;
C. I, II, and IV only;
D. II, III, and IV only;
E. all.
The answer says its E. All of them.
First of all isn't there only 1 electron in hydrogen? And how could the $\mathrm{s}$ orbital be degenerate? Doesn't degenerate mean there are multiple places pairs of orbitals can be?
