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1. An electron is trapped in an infinite potential well with L = 2nm. Suppose the wave function of the electron is given: (see attachment for wave function)

a. What is the value of N so that the wave function is normalized. What is its units?
b. If we make an energy measurement, what are the probabilities we will find the electron in the ground state (n=1) and the first excited state (n=2)
c. (Extra credit) What is the probability that the electron is in the nth state?
d. What is the average energy of the electron.

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The solution shows in detail how to obtain the normalization factor for a wave function in the form x(x-2), then goes on to show how the function is decomposed into eigenfunctions series, how to obtain the probabilities from the decomposition and finally how to find the average energy of the system.

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