Consider a particle trapped in a 1D box with zero potential energy with walls at x = 0 and x = L. The general wavefunction solutions for this problem with quantum number, n, are: ψn(x) = sqrt(2/L sin(npix/L)) The corresponding energy (level) for each wavefunction solution is: En = (n^2h^2)/(8mL^2) What is the probability of finding the particle between x=L/4 and x=3L/4 when the particle is in the quantum state n=1,2,3?

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Consider a particle trapped in a 1D box with zero potential energy with walls at x = 0 and x = L. The general wavefunction solutions for this problem with quantum number, n, are:

ψn(x) = sqrt(2/L sin(npix/L))

The corresponding energy (level) for each wavefunction solution is:

En = (n^2h^2)/(8mL^2)

What is the probability of finding the particle between x=L/4 and x=3L/4 when the particle is in the quantum state n=1,2,3?

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