1. problem 7.19. Look up the bulk modulus in your physics-1 textbook. I did this for aluminum so you should have no problem doing this for copper. And remember to think about what your numbers mean. Don't just get the numbers and let things go by with no consideration.
2. problem 7.20.   Note: This type of problem can be generalized to other astrophysical situations such as the white dwarf and neutron stars discussed in problem 7.23 and 7.24. Obviously you won't do these two problems but you need to realize that statistical mechanics is the tool through which these exotic things were first studied. They were first studied by S. Chandrasekhar in the late 1930s while he took the slow route from India to the US. the ship had to go a slow, circuitous route and he had a lot of time. And thus he worked out the statistical theory of white dwarf and neutron stars, decades before observational evidence was obtained for their existence.

That's all for homework #10.

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