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A student investigates how the radiation emitted by a metal filament changes as its temperature increases.

The graph below shows how the intensity of the emitted radiation varies with wavelength for two different temperatures, T1 T_1\,T1​ and T2T_2T2​, where T2 T_2\,T2​ is a higher temperature than T1T_1T1​.

A line graph showing radiation intensity versus wavelength for two temperatures T1 and T2

Describe how the intensity of the emitted radiation changes as the temperature of the filament increases from T1 T_1\,T1​ to T2T_2T2​.

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