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A particle is constrained to lie along a one-dimensional line segment between 0 and a. The probability of finding the particle along this line segment is seen in attached file.

A. Find the proportionality constant, ie., normalize the function.

B. Calculate the expectation values of X and X^2 for n=1 and n=2.

C. Find the Variance and standard deviation for a particle with n=1 and 2.

D. What is the probability of finding the particle between 0 and a/2 when n=1 and 2.

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A particle is constrained to lie along a one-dimensional line segment between 0 and a. The probability of finding the particle along this line segment is :

A. Find the proportionality constant, i.e., normalize the function.

B. Calculate the expectation values of X and X^2 for n=1 and n=2.

C. Find the Variance and standard deviation for a particle with n=1 ...

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