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SirCrayon
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Homework Statement
Consider the distribution function F(x) = Cexp(-ax)
Find the normalization constant C
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The Attempt at a Solution
This is more clarification since this is not actually a homework problem but was in my profs notes. He started with the distribution function above and said we were to determine C.
He then gave us the average equation below:
<z> = ∫ z f(z) dz / ∫ f(z) dz
Which in this case would be xexp(-ax) / exp(-ax)
I am a little confused as to how you are able to determine the constant C if you determine the average of the system/distribution.