system A with 100,000 molecules is at equilibrium at 400k with a boltzmann partition function of q=1.156518. Assume that the energy levels for system A are evenly distributed at delta U = 2Kb x T . a) calculate the probability and population distribution for the system? ( use 5 energy levels including ground state) b) calculate the entropy for the system?

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system A with 100,000 molecules is at equilibrium at 400k with a boltzmann partition function of q=1.156518. Assume that the energy levels for system A are evenly distributed at delta U = 2Kb x T .

a) calculate the probability and population distribution for the system? ( use 5 energy levels including ground state)
b) calculate the entropy for the system?
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