A Baseball Has a Mass of 0

question 13

Multiple Choice

A baseball has a mass of 0.15 kg. If pitched at 40.0 m/s with a relative uncertainty of 1%, how uncertain is its position?

• A) 8.8 × 10⁻³⁴ m
• B) 1.1 × 10⁻³⁴ m
• C) 1.8 × 10⁻³³m
• D) 1.1 × 10⁻³²m

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