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Homework Statement
"At 310K thermal energy kT=4.28x(10^-21). Use the equation you derived above (which I worked out to be E=(n²h²)/(8mL²) )to determine under which conditions quantum mechanics reduces to classical mechanics."
The hint was that "you need to find the value of mL² for which change in E between two adjacent energy levels is equal to kT".
Homework Equations
E=kt
E=(n²h²)/(8mL²)
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm not quite sure how to start here, the only thing I've managed to do so far is:
((n2²-n1²)h²)/(8mL²)=4.28x(10^-21)
I'm not sure what to do with so many unknowns, or what the question is actually asking me to calculate!