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Chapter 41, Problem 21P
(a)
To determine
The probability of finding an electron in ground state within
(b)
To determine
The classical probability of finding an electron in the same interval and comapres it with answer in part (a).
(c)
To determine
Probability in the same interval above using methods in both part (a) and (b) for 99th state.
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