(a) Construct a table showing the macrostates and all of the individual microstates for tossing 6 coins....

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(a) Construct a table showing the macrostates and all of the individual microstates for tossing 6 coins. (Use Table 15.5 as a guide.) 

(b) How many macrostates are there? 

(c) What is the total number of microstates? 

(d) What percent chance is there of tossing 5 heads and 1 tail? 

(e) How much more likely are you to toss 3 heads and 3 tails than 5 heads and 1 tail? (Take the ratio of the number of microstates to find out.)

Data given in Table 15.5Macrostate Number of Microstates (W) Heads Tails 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 0 1 2 3  4 5 6 1 10 45 120 210 252 210

3 2 1 0 7 8 9 10 120 45 10 1 Total: 1024

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