2.(a) How much time is needed to measure the kinetic energy of an electron whose speed is 10.0 m/s with an uncertainty of no more than 0.100 percent? How far will the electron have traveled in this period of time? (b) Make the same calculations for a 1.00-g insect whose speed is the same. What do these sets of figures indicate?

2.(a) How much time is needed to measure the kinetic energy of an electron whose speed is 10.0 m/s with an uncertainty of no more than 0.100 percent? How far will the electron have traveled in this period of time? (b) Make the same calculations for a 1.00-g insect whose speed is the same. What do these sets of figures indicate?

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