Hydrogen atom expectation of r^2 check

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keith river
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I haven't posted any of my working for this as I only want to check my answer.

Q. For a hydrogen atom with n=2, l=1, m=0
calculate <r^2>

My answer = 0.75 * a^2

where a is the bhor radius.

Am I right?
 
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