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Use Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle to find an order of magnitude estimate for the minimum kinetic energy of an electron that is confined to a one-dimensional region of extent 1 x 10^-7 m.

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Use Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle to find an order of magnitude estimate for the minimum kinetic energy of an electron that is confined to a one-dimensional region of extent 1 x 10-7 m.