A particle in the infinite square well (width a) starts out being equally likely to be...

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  1. A particle in the infinite square well (width a) starts outbeing equally likely to be found in the first and last third of thewell and zero in the middle third.
    1. What is the initial (t=0) wave function? Find A and graph theinitial wave function.
    2. What is the expectation value of x? Show your calculation forthe expectation value of x, but then say why you could have justwritten down the answer. Will you ever find the particle at theexpectation value of x at t = 0?
    3. What is the probability of finding the first four stationarystates?

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