An electron is confined to a three-dimensional infinite cubic well with side length L = 0.200 nm. The ground state is non-degenerate, while the first excited state is 3-fold degenerate. What is the energy of the lowest energy non-degenerate excited state?

An electron is confined to a three-dimensional infinite cubic well with side length L = 0.200 nm. The ground state is non-degenerate, while the first excited state is 3-fold degenerate. What is the energy of the lowest energy non-degenerate excited state?

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An electron is confined to a three-dimensional infinite cubic well with side length
L = 0.200 nm. The ground state is non-degenerate, while the first excited state is
3-fold degenerate. What is the energy of the lowest energy non-degenerate excited
state?

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