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

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Chapter 40 - One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics - Conceptual Questions - Page 1212: 3

Answer

$6$

Work Step by Step

We can see from the given figure that there are 6 peaks. And excluding the endpoints at the potential walls, we can see 5 nodes; where the number of nodes is given by $n-1$ where $n$ is the quantum number. Thus, $$n-1=5$$ Thus, $$n=\color{red}{\bf 6}$$
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