What is the most accurate answer you could get when calculating an electrons speed and position. Can you calculate them separately to get the most accurate answer or will they work against each other?

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What is the most accurate answer you could get when calculating an electrons speed and position. Can you calculate them separately to get the most accurate answer or will they work against each other?

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Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle says you can’t know both an electron’s position and speed perfectly at the same time. If you try to measure one very precisely, it messes up your knowledge of the other. So, you can’t calculate both exactly separately and get a totally accurate result together

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