A deep space probe moving forward in space needs to make a course correction and so fires a thruster on the side of the probe 90° away from its direction of motion, as shown below. After the thruster is turned off, which trajectory best describes the probe’s subsequent motion?





A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E


C. C

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If an electron is determined to be at x = 2.000 cm ± 0.0010 cm, what is the minimum uncertainty in the x component of its velocity? (melectron = 9.11 × 10-31 kg, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J ? s)

What will be an ideal response?

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