If a nitrogen molecule is trapped in a hypothetical 1-D box of length 1.10 cm, at what value of the translational quantum number, n does the translational energy of the molecule becomes equal to 1/3 k T at 350 K? n212

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If a nitrogen molecule is trapped in a hypothetical 1-D box of length 1.10 cm, at what value of the translational quantum number, n does the translational energy of the
molecule becomes equal to 1/3 kT at 350 K?
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