The Fundamental Frequency of CO Is 6

question 43

Multiple Choice

The fundamental frequency of CO is 6.42 × 10¹³ Hz. If the atomic masses are 12 u and 16 u (1 u = 1.66 × 10−²⁷ kg) , find the force constant (in N/m) for the diatomic molecule.

• A) 970
• B) 1 530
• C) 1 850
• D) 480
• E) 47

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Definitions:

Variation

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points within a dataset.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant effect or difference, and any observed variation is due to chance.

Normally Distributed

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Population Means

The average value of a particular characteristic or measurement taken from every member of an entire population.