How Do You Calculate the Position of a Neutron Using Wave Functions?

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Hello
I need to calculate <x> (x is the location of neutron) and the state is
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and the integral is:
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Can I move the x to be near the integral symbol? and how to I multiply the matrices?

And is this true:
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Can I move the psi to be near the psi*? And psi*x psi =psi^2=1 right?

thanks
 
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The first vector under the integration should be a row, not a column as you've drawn it. [itex]\bar{x}[/itex] is a square matrix, so the full product is a scalar.
 
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