Determining the Weight of a simple string

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Hey,

It's been a while since I've dealt with the 'Weight' concept, if we have a string with N molecules and 'n' of the N molecules are in an excited state and the rest (N-n) molecules are in a ground state - what is the weight of this system?

Any help would be appreciated,
SK
 

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