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PHYSICS 222
EXAM C
APRIL 23. 2009

(PLEASE PRINT)

(25) 1. Consider an electron in an infinite square well with width L and find the equation thr the
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IXAMC
APRIL 23, 2009

(PLEASE PRINT)

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(10) 3. If a particle is in a box with a ground state energy of 4 eV, what energy must be absorbed
by the system to go from the n = 2 state to the n 3 state?
a. 4 eV; b. 16 eV; c. 20 eV; d. 36 eV

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(10) 4. A particle of kinetic energy 50 eV in free space travels into a region with a potential well
of depth 40 eV. What happens to its speed?
a. stays the same; b. increases in the region of the well; c. decreases in the region of the well;
d. none of the above.

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(10) 5. Suppose a wave function were assumed to be given by i Ax from x 0 to x = 1 and

A(2-x) from x = 1 to x = 2, w having a value zero elsewhere. Normalization yields what
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