How to Determine Energy Probabilities in an Infinite Potential Well?

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Homework Statement



The wave function for a particle in a infinitely deep potential well is at some point in time Φ(x) = Nx(a-x). In which probability gives the energy measurment a another value than E1 ,etc ground state

Homework Equations



1 = |cn|^2 = |<Φn|Ψ>|^2 (1)

The Attempt at a Solution


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If Ψn(x) = sqrt(2/a)sin(n*(pi)*x/a) be the eigenfunction and put it into (1) and integrate. Is this right method I am doing ?
 
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What are you asked to do in this problem? Initially I supposed you have to calculate the expansion coefficient, but equation (1) indicate that it's equal to unity (which is not correct either). Is it the N in ##\Phi(x)## that is asked? In that case simply use the requirement of normalization.