What is the significance of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? options:   A)  It prevents us from estimating the positions of macroscopic objects   B)  It has no significance other than to serve as a cool pseudonym for Walter White   C)  It allows for both the position and velocity of subatomic particles to be determined, but leaves uncertainty as to the principal quantum number of the electron   D)  Either the position or the velocity of an electron can be known, but not both   E)  Neither the position nor the velocity of an electron can be determined

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What is the significance of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?

options:
 

A) 

It prevents us from estimating the positions of macroscopic objects

 

B) 

It has no significance other than to serve as a cool pseudonym for Walter White

 

C) 

It allows for both the position and velocity of subatomic particles to be determined, but leaves uncertainty as to the principal quantum number of the electron

 

D) 

Either the position or the velocity of an electron can be known, but not both

 

E) 

Neither the position nor the velocity of an electron can be determined

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