P (R) R A e A Is The Bohr Radius. (See Eq. 39-44) - We Want To Evaluate The PRDR N 2 and Replace A in The Given Formula With 2/a and X With R. Then

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The radial probability function for the ground state of hydrogen is P(r) =
(4r2/a3)e– 2r/a, where a is the Bohr radius. (See Eq. 39-44). We want to evaluate the

integral z
0
P(r ) dr . Eq. 15 in the integral table of Appendix E is an integral of this form.
We set n = 2 and replace a in the given formula with 2/a and x with r. Then

∞ 4 ∞ 4 2
z0
P (r )dr =
a3 z
0
r 2 e −2 r / a dr =
a (2 a ) 3
3
= 1.

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