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The band gap in germanium is `(Delta E=0.68eV.)`.Assuming that the number of hole-electron pairs is proportional to `e^(-Delta E//2kT),find the percentage increase in the number of charge carries in pure germanium as the temperature is increased form 300K to 320K.

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