A baseball has mass 143 g and speed 45.0 m/s, with the speed known to within 0.100%. What is the minimum uncertainty in the position of the baseball?

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Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle: The position and momentum of a particle cannot both be measured precisely at the same time.

The Pauli exclusion principle: No two electrons in an atom can occupy the same quantum state.


A baseball has mass 143 g and speed 45.0 m/s, with the speed known to within 0.100%. What is the minimum uncertainty in the position of the baseball?