Estimate the ground state for an electron confined to a potential well of width 0.200 nm...

Estimate the ground state for an electron confined to a potential well of width 0.200 nm and height 100 eV. What is the effective well width of the (infinite) well? (Hint: Consider an iterative approach to approximate the penetration depth ? by initially assuming E?V).

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