Which of the following statements is true?     A. Because electrons have integer spin numbers, they cannot be considered as fermions. B. None of the other options. C. Fermions are the only particles that are free from Pauli’s exclusion principle. D. Temperature is not a determinant factor of the probability of the occupancy of the energy level by fermions. E. The spin number of fermions is any number of the form x/2x/2, where xx is an odd integer. F. The spin numbers of bosons may take non-integer values.

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Which of the following statements is true?

 

 
A. Because electrons have integer spin numbers, they cannot be considered as fermions.
B. None of the other options.
C. Fermions are the only particles that are free from Pauli’s exclusion principle.
D. Temperature is not a determinant factor of the probability of the occupancy of the energy level by fermions.
E. The spin number of fermions is any number of the form x/2x/2, where xx is an odd integer.

F. The spin numbers of bosons may take non-integer values.
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