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Q.State Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.

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The position and momentum of a microscopic particle cannot both be measured with unlimited precision at the same time — the product of their uncertainties has a fundamental lower bound set by Planck's constant.

Statement: It is impossible to determine simultaneously, with perfect accuracy, both the position and the momentum (or velocity) of a microscopic particle such as an electron. If Δx\Delta x is the uncertainty in the position of the particle and Δp\Delta p is the uncertainty in its momentum along the same direction, then

Δx⋅Δp≥h4π\Delta x \cdot \Delta p \geq \frac{h}{4\pi}

where hh is Planck's constant.

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