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A box contains N identical gas molecules equally divided between its two halves. For N = 100, what is the percentage of the time the system spends in the central configuration?

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(f) Calculation:

p=WNtotalp= \dfrac{ W }{ N_{total} }

expression for the percentage

p=1×10291.268×1030×100%p= \dfrac{ 1 \times 10^{29} }{ 1.268 \times 10^{30}}\times 100\%

substitute values from part (d) and (e)

p=7.886%p= \boxed{7.886 \%}

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