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Chapter 39, Problem 39.82P
(a)
To determine
The uncertainty in the balls horizontal momentum, in a direction perpendicular to that in which the it is being thrown, If the student throwing the ball knows that it is located within a cube with volume
(b)
To determine
The horizontal distance could by which the ball miss the second student.
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