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
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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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](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F78a7c212-ae29-41c8-a8a2-4a4e4147be1f%2F22059d47-2caa-45fd-9bf0-cd441148fbd5%2F0hw9ono.png&w=3840&q=75)
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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