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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Question 9🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Your next bonus is visual. Shown in the image are representations of the Lennard-Jones potential for two sets of atoms. Answer the following two questions: 1) According to the Lennard-Jones model, the energy due to repulsive interactions between two atoms is dependent on what power of distance? 2) Would the minimum of the plot of the potential between two neutral argon atoms lie in region 1, 2, or 3?

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