Passage VI
Consider an electron that is constrained to move along the x-axis. The probability of finding the electron at any given location, x, along the axis is obtained from a distribution function, DF, which is related to the electron's energy. The greater the value of DF at a given x, the greater the probability of finding the electron at that x. Classical theory and quantum theory can be used to derive 2 forms of DF: a classical form and a quantum form.
Table 1 lists the electron energy corresponding to each of 4 DFs. Figure 1 shows the classical and quantum forms of each DF.
36. The figure below most likely shows which DF?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is H
Explanation
From figure 1, it can be seen that the waveform given by the chart in the title is closer to the waveform of Quantum DF represented by the dotted line in figure 1, so H or J must be selected;
According to figure 1, DF The subscript numbers represent how many peaks the dotted line wave will have. There are 7 peaks in the chart given in the title, so it is Quantum DF7