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College Physics:
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Author: SERWAY, Raymond A.
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
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Chapter 27, Problem 38P

(a)

To determine

The minimum uncertainty in the x-component of the velocity of the electron.

(b)

To determine

The minimum uncertainty in the x-component of the velocity of the proton.

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