Gas Pressure on Wall

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Exercise illustration: Compute the pressure of an ideal gas in three dimensions upon a wall at $x = 0$ that attracts molecules at large distance and repels them at smaller distance. Let the force be given by the potential $U(x) = -A \, e^{-\alpha x} + B \, e^{-2 \alpha x}$, with $A,B > 0$.