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Consider a system of three non-interacting particles confined by a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential and in...

Consider a system of three non-interacting particles confined by a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential and in thermal equilibrium with a total energy of 7/2 ħw.

(a) what are the possible occupation numbers for this system if the particles are distinquishable.

(b) what is the most probable energy for a distinquishable picked at random from this system.
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