1. Consider a system of five distinguishable particles con- fined to a one-dimensional box of length L. Describe how the following actions affect the number of accessi- ble microstates and the entropy of the system: (a) increasing the length of the box to 2L for fixed total energy (b) increasing the total energy for constant length L

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1. Consider a system of five distinguishable particles con-
fined to a one-dimensional box of length L. Describe
how the following actions affect the number of accessi-
ble microstates and the entropy of the system:
(a) increasing the length of the box to 2L for fixed
total energy
(b) increasing the total energy for constant length L
Transcribed Image Text:1. Consider a system of five distinguishable particles con- fined to a one-dimensional box of length L. Describe how the following actions affect the number of accessi- ble microstates and the entropy of the system: (a) increasing the length of the box to 2L for fixed total energy (b) increasing the total energy for constant length L
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