Chapter 39: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. 10. The probability of a 1 is P1=16. Similarly, P6=16. The probability of a 1 or a 6 is P1 or 6=16+16=13. Thus the expected number is 30(13)=10.

  2. 2. A>B=D>C. |A(x)|2 is proportional to the density of dots.

  3. 3. xC. The probability is largest at the point where the square of ψ(x) is largest.

  4. 4. b. The area 12a (2 mm) must equal 1.

  5. 5. b. Δt=1.0×10−7 s. The bandwidth is ΔfB=1/Δt=1.0×107 Hz= MHz

  6. 6. A. Wave packet A has a smaller spatial extent Δx. The wavelength isn’t relevant.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1. PC=20%, PD=10%

  2. 3.

    1. 7.7%

    2. 25%

  3. 5.

    1. 1/6

    2. 1/6

    3. 5/18

  4. 7. 100 V/m

  5. 9. 4.0 m−1

  6. 11.

  7. 13.

    1. 5.0×10−3

    2. 2.5×10−3

    3. 2.5×10−3

  8. 15.

  9. 17.

  10. 19. 1.0×105

  11. 21. 10.0 kHz

  12. 23. −0.65×10−36 m/s≤vx≤0.65×10−36 m/s

  13. 25. 4 nm

  14. 27.

    1. 8 cycles

    2. 0.938 MHz to 1.063 MHz

  15. 29.

  16. 31.

  17. 33.

  18. 35.

    1. 0.27%

    2. 32%

  19. 37.

  20. 39.

  21. 41. 18 μm

  22. 43.

    1. 1.7×106 m/s

    2. 1.1×1020 reflections/s

  23. 45. No, 1.4×10−27 m

  24. 47. 19%

  25. 49.

  26. 51. 200 m