Is My Schrödinger's Equation Homework Correct?

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I'm having a little trouble whit this homework assignment. Any help would be greatly appreciated. =)

Homework Statement



Explain if the following statements are true or false:

a) Wavefunctions \phi1 and \phi2 are solutions to the time independent Schrödinger's equation, that correspond to the energies E1 and E2. Now theta=c1\phi1+c2\phi2 is the solution to the same schrödinger's equation and the energy corresponding to the state \Theta is 1/2(E1+E2)

b)The wavefunction that depicts the particles state is \Theta=-i/3\phi1+2\sqrt{2}/3\phi2, where \phi1 and \phi2 are the wavefunktions from question a). When measuring the energy of one million of these identical particles' 11,1% of them show the energy E1


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Use:

\left < E \right > = \langle \Theta \mid \hat{H} \mid \Theta \rangle

and the fact that the probability of getting E1 is the square of the modulus of the coefficient that accompanies it in the wave-function expansion.
 
Thanks. I think I got it. Could you still tell me if the statements are true or false so that i would be certain that i got them right?
 
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