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Your calculator can’t handle enormous exponents, but we can make sense of large powers of \(e\) by converting them to large powers of 10. If we write \(e = 10^a\), then \(e^b = (10^a)^b = 10^{ab}\). a. What is the value of \(a\)? b. What is the multiplicity of a macrostate with entropy \(S = 1.0 \text{ J/K}\)? Give your answer as a power of 10.
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach · 5th Edition
Author: Randall D. Knight
Publisher: Pearson
Chapter: The Micro/Macro Connection