Suppose we picture an electron in a chemical bond asbeing a wave with fixed ends. Take the length of the bondto be 1.0 Å.(a) Calculate the wavelength of the electron wave in itsground state and in its first excited state.(b) How many nodes does the first excited state have?

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Suppose we picture an electron in a chemical bond as
being a wave with fixed ends. Take the length of the bond
to be 1.0 Å.
(a) Calculate the wavelength of the electron wave in its
ground state and in its first excited state.
(b) How many nodes does the first excited state have?

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