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Homework Statement
A system in thermal equilibrium at temperature T consists of N particles that have two
energy states separated by an energy Δε.
If the number of particles in the two states is N1 and N2, show that:
[itex]N{1}[/itex] = N([itex]\frac{1}{1+exp(-Δε/k{B}T}[/itex])) and [itex]N{2}[/itex] = N([itex]\frac{exp(-Δε/k{B}T}{1+exp(-Δε/k{B}T}[/itex]))
Homework Equations
[itex]\frac{N{1}}{N{2}}[/itex] = [itex]\frac{exp(-E{1}/k{B}T}{exp(-E{2}/k{B}T}[/itex]
Δε=E1 - E2
The Attempt at a Solution
Really struggling to see where to get started with this the lectures and the lecture notes we have are not helping.