JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2015

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    Assume that you are travelling at a speed of 90 km/h in a small car with a mass of 105 kg. If the uncertainty in the velocity of the car is 1% (\[\Delta v\]=0.9 km/h), what is the uncertainty (in meters) in the position of the car?

    A)  \[\Delta x\ge 1\,\,\times \,\,{{10}^{-35}}m\]     

    B)     \[\Delta x\ge 2\,\,\times \,\,{{10}^{-37}}m\]

    C)         \[\Delta x\ge 2\,\,\times \,\,{{10}^{-36}}m\]

    D)         \[\Delta x\ge 4\,\,\times \,\,{{10}^{-38}}m\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[\Delta x\ge \frac{h}{(4\pi )(m\Delta v)}\] \[\Delta x\ge \frac{6.626\,\times {{10}^{-34}}}{\left( 4\times 3.14\,\times 1050 \right)\left( 0.9 \right)\,\left( \frac{1}{3600} \right)\,\left( \frac{1000}{1} \right)}\] \[\Delta x\ge 2\times {{10}^{-37}}m\] The uncertainty in the position of the car is far smaller than the uncertainty in the position of an electron in a hydrogen atom \[(3\times {{10}^{-10}}m)\] and far too small a value to have any measurable consequences.


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