A box contains two balls that can be either blue or red. A blue ball has an energy -E0 while a red ball has an energy E0. The box is connected to a heat bath of temperature T. A. Calculate the partition function then write down the Helmholtz free energy.  B. Calculate the mean energy.  C. Solve for the entropy of the system.

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A box contains two balls that can be either blue or red. A blue ball has an energy -E0 while a red ball has an energy E0. The box is connected to a heat bath of temperature T.

A. Calculate the partition function then write down the Helmholtz free energy. 

B. Calculate the mean energy. 

C. Solve for the entropy of the system.

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