An electron is trapped in a finite well. How “far” (in eV) is it from being free (that is, no longer trapped inside the  well) if the penetration length of its wave function into the classically forbidden region is 1nm?

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An electron is trapped in a finite well. How “far” (in eV) is it from being free (that is, no longer trapped inside the 
well) if the penetration length of its wave function into the classically forbidden region is 1nm?

Show derivation on how to find the correct equation to use, from doing this the answer should be 0.038eV.

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