FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS V.1
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Chapter 39, Problem 10Q
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The values of an electron in its ground state energy in a finite potential well with the values for and electron in the same state in an infinite potential well:
a) The de Broglie wavelength
b) The magnitude of momentum
c) The energy
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