Goal of question: To build intuition regarding how number of micro-states depend

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Goal of question: To build intuition regarding how number of micro-states depends on the macro-state, for a fixed amount of total available energy.

Calculate the number of micro-states for each of the macro-states for E(total) = 6, N =8, in order of increasing numbers of micro-states and number them 1 to ....

Then enter the number of micro-states you found for each macro-state. This will help you appreciate why some macro-states have more micro-states than others and how to anticipate which macro-states will be most probable.

A) Macrostate 1

B)Macrostate 2

C)Macrostate 3

D)Macrostate4

E)Macrostate5

F)Macrostate6

G)Macrostate7

H)Macrostate8

I)Macrostate9

J)Macrostate10

Possible Answers: 280, 70, 420, 28, 56, 168, 8, 1, and Does Not Exist

Explanation / Answer

A) 1 microstate = 1

B) 2 microstate = 8

C) 3 microstate = 28

D) 4 microstate = 56

E) 5 microstate = 70

F) 6 microstate = 168

G) 7 microstate = 280

H) 8 microstate = 420

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