The nucleus of a boron-11 atom has a spin (s) quantum number of 3/2. Calculate the magnitude of the spin vector as well as the possible values it can take for the z-component of the spin vector? Is boron-11 a boson or fermion?

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The nucleus of a boron-11 atom has a spin (s) quantum number of 3/2. Calculate the magnitude of the spin vector as well as the possible values it can take for the z-component of the spin vector? Is boron-11 a boson or fermion? 

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