Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 39 - Wave Functions and Uncertainty - Conceptual Questions - Page 1174: 5

Answer

${\bf 2}\;\rm mm^{-1}$

Work Step by Step

We know that the area under the probability density curve is 1. And we have here a right triangle which area is given by $$A=\frac{1}{2}ba$$ where $b$ is the base length and $a$ is its height (usually we use $h$ for height but we used $a$ here to match the unknown). Hence, $$a=\dfrac{2A}{b}=\dfrac{2\times 1}{(2-1)}=\color{red}{\bf 2}\;\rm mm^{-1}$$
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