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Chapter 35, Problem 51P
(a)
To determine
The probability that the detector will find a particle in the ground state of the square well if the detector is centered on the midpoint of the well.
(b)
To determine
The probability that the detector will find a particle in the ground state of the square well if the detector is centered on a point one fourth of the way across the well.
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