Question: If you decrease the size of the compartments in Exercise 19.8 by a factor of 10 , what is the change (a) in the number

If you decrease the size of the compartments in Exercise 19.8 by a factor of 10 , what is the change 

(a) in the number of basic states and 

(b) in the natural logarithm of that number?


Data from Exercises 19.8

Suppose ten distinguishable particles are equipartitioned in a container that is divided into 100 equal-sized compartments. 

How many basic states are associated with this system? 

What is the natural logarithm of this number of basic states?

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