The three normal modes of water are the symmetric stretch (3652 cm¹), theantisymmetric stretch (3756 cm¹), and the bend (1595 cm¹).(a) Calculate the molecular vibrational partition function of water at 500 K.(b) At 500 K, what fraction of water molecules have the bend excited to v₂=1. What fraction ofwater molecules have the symmetric stretch excited to v₁=1? Why do more molecules have thebend excited?(c) At 500 K, what fraction of water molecules have both v2-1 and v₁=1 excited?

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