Which of the following best llustrates a microstate? a) Room Temperature b) Flipping 10 coins and getting half heads and half tails c) Rolling a 7' in a dice game d) Drawing five cards and two of them match e) Flipping 10 coins and getting the result: HTTHHTH HTT

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Which of the following best llustrates a microstate?
a) Room Temperature
b) Flipping 10 coins and getting half heads and half tails
c)
Rolling a 7' in a dice game
d) Drawing five cards and two of them match
e) Flipping 10 coins and getting the result: HTTHHTH HTT
Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following best llustrates a microstate? a) Room Temperature b) Flipping 10 coins and getting half heads and half tails c) Rolling a 7' in a dice game d) Drawing five cards and two of them match e) Flipping 10 coins and getting the result: HTTHHTH HTT
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The best illustrate of microstate indicates flipping 10 coins and getting the result: H T T H H T H H T T

Each separate outcome is microstate – a microstate specifies the state of each individual coin.

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