In the photoelectric effect,the photocurrent:

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(A) In the photoelectric effect,the photocurrent is directly proportional to the number of photoelectrons emitted per unit time.Since each incident ph

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does not depend on the frequency of the photon but depends on the intensity of the incident light.

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(A) In the photoelectric effect,the photocurrent is directly proportional to the number of photoelectrons emitted per unit time.Since each incident photon ejects at most one photoelectron,the number of photoelectrons emitted depends solely on the number of incident photons per unit time,which is determined by the intensity of the incident light.The frequency of the incident light determines the kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons,provided the frequency is above the threshold frequency,but it does not affect the magnitude of the photocurrent.

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