Assume a proton in a 1-dim box of width 3.0 fm is in its 1 st excited state. (a) What is its "kinetic" energy (in eV)? (b) How close (fm) to the wall of the "box" is the probability density a maximum?

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(a) 91. MeV
(b) 0.75 fm

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