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Interpretation:
The minimum uncertainty in the velocity of a ping-pong ball is to be determined and a comment is to be made on the magnitude of the uncertainty in the speed.
Concept introduction:
According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, the product of the uncertainty in the position and the momentum of a particle cannot be less than
Here,
As momentum is the product of mass and velocity, the equation of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle can also be written as follows:
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