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6. A box is divided into two partitions, one twice the volume of the other. On the larger side are 150 hydrogen molecules, while on the smaller size are 75 helium atoms. a. A big hole is punched in the divider and the system is allowed to reach a new equilibrium. How many atoms or molecules of each type are then found on average in the smaller volume? What is the probability at some later instance in time that all of the hydrogen atoms are found in the small volume and all of the helium atoms are found in the large volume? Please express your result as a power of 10 If you checked a million times a second over the next 10 billion years, what is the approximate probability that you would find the gas at least once in the configuration described in part (b)? b. c.

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