A system has three distinguishable particles and two possible energy levels with energies 0 and E. What is the number of microstates with total energy E. A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
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Since there are two possible energy levels (0 and E), each particle can have either 0 energy or E energy. Now, let's consider the total energy of the system. We want the total energy to be E, so we need at least one particle to have energy E. Case 1: One Show more…
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