Suppose you have 2 russet potatoes in your pantry that could be in any one of four states ranging from fresh to um...not so fresh...let's quantify these states in terms of energies: 0 eV (fresh), 1 eV, 2 eV, 3 eV (nope). Compute the probability of each potato being in the ground state and the first state, respectively, at a. а сool 290 K. b. Assuming the potatoes will survive, how does the probability change at a temperature 5x greater? What is the average energy of the potato situation for these two temperatures? С.
Suppose you have 2 russet potatoes in your pantry that could be in any one of four states ranging from fresh to um...not so fresh...let's quantify these states in terms of energies: 0 eV (fresh), 1 eV, 2 eV, 3 eV (nope). Compute the probability of each potato being in the ground state and the first state, respectively, at a. а сool 290 K. b. Assuming the potatoes will survive, how does the probability change at a temperature 5x greater? What is the average energy of the potato situation for these two temperatures? С.
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![Suppose you have 2 russet potatoes in your pantry that could be in any one of four states ranging from fresh
to um...not so fresh...let's quantify these states in terms of energies: 0 eV (fresh), 1 eV, 2 eV, 3 eV (nope).
Compute the probability of each potato being in the ground state and the first state, respectively, at
а.
а сool 290 K.
b.
Assuming the potatoes will survive, how does the probability change at a temperature 5x greater?
What is the average energy of the potato situation for these two temperatures?
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you have 2 russet potatoes in your pantry that could be in any one of four states ranging from fresh
to um...not so fresh...let's quantify these states in terms of energies: 0 eV (fresh), 1 eV, 2 eV, 3 eV (nope).
Compute the probability of each potato being in the ground state and the first state, respectively, at
а.
а сool 290 K.
b.
Assuming the potatoes will survive, how does the probability change at a temperature 5x greater?
What is the average energy of the potato situation for these two temperatures?
С.
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