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According to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, if the position of a microscopic particle is measured with greater and greater precision, the uncertainty in its momentum

  1. Aincreases
  2. Bdecreases
  3. Cbecomes zero
  4. Dstays constant

Answer: A

is a fixed lower bound for the product. A smaller forces a larger .
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