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Why does the uncertainty principle make it impossible to predict a trajectory for the electron?
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Why does the uncertainty principle make it impossible to predict a trajectory for the electron?

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you can not know both the position & velocity of the electron simultaneously, because you can not know both the position & force acting on the electron simultaneously
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