College Physics (10th Edition)
College Physics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 29, Problem 38GP

(a)

To determine

Find the highest possible angular momentum in z direction.

(b)

To determine

Prove that Lx2+Ly2=3 .

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