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The Average Position,or Expectation Value,of a Particle Whose Wave Function Ψ\Psi

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The average position,or expectation value,of a particle whose wave function Ψ\Psi (x) depends only on the value of x,is given by < x > =


A) +xψ(x) dx\int _ { - \infty } ^ { + \infty } \sqrt { x } \psi ( x ) d x .
B) +xψ(x) dx\int _ { - \infty } ^ { + \infty } x \psi ( x ) d x .
C) +x2ψ2(x) dx\int _ { - \infty } ^ { + \infty } \frac { x } { 2 } \psi ^ { 2 } ( x ) d x .
D) +x22ψ(x) dx\int _ { - \infty } ^ { + \infty } \frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 2 } \psi ( x ) d x .
E) +ψ(x) xψ(x) dx\int _ { - \infty } ^ { + \infty } \psi ^ { * } ( x ) x \psi ( x ) d x .

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