// Scilab code: Ex3.23 : Uncertainity in the position of a bullet:Pg: 93 (2008) m = 0.025; // Mass of an bullet, kg v = 400; // Speed of bullet, m/s h_bar = 6.6e-034; // Reduced Plancks constant, joule second p = m*v; // Momentum of bullet, kgm/s del_p = 2e-04*p; // Minimum uncertainity in momentum, kgm/s del_x = h_bar/(4*%pi*del_p); // Uncertainity in position, m printf("\nThe uncertainity in the position of the bullet = %5.3e m", del_x); // Result // The uncertainity in the position of the bullet = 2.626e-032 m