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A student is examining a bacterium under the microscope. The E.coli bacterial cell has a mass of m = 1.80 fg (where a femtogram,fg, is 10−15g) and is swimming at a velocity of v = 2.00 μm/s ,with an uncertainty in the velocity of 5.00 % . E. coli bacterialcells are around 1 μm ( 10−6 m) in length. The student is supposedto observe the bacterium and make a drawing. However, the student,having just learned about the Heisenberg uncertainty principle inphysics class, complains that she cannot make the drawing. Sheclaims that the uncertainty of the bacterium's position is greaterthan the microscope's viewing field, and the bacterium is thusimpossible to locate. Part A What is the uncertainty of theposition of the bacterium

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