Consider a state function that is real, ψ(x)=ψ∗(x). (a) Show that ⟨p⟩=0. What about ⟨p^⟩? ⟨x⟩ ? (b) Under what conditions on ψ(x) is ϕ(p) real, and what then is ⟨x⟩?

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