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A pickup truck is traveling down the road with a momentum of 5.1x104 kg m/s (the...

A pickup truck is traveling down the road with a momentum of 5.1x104 kg m/s (the pickup truck is moving at 50 mph), that is measured with an uncertainty of                  ± 500 kg m/s. . How precisely can its position be determined at the same time?

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According to the Uncertainty principle,

The product of uncertainty of position ( ) and momentum( ) is mathematically given by,

  


Uncertainty in position is m

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