Explain the neutrons from one treatment source

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An effective treatment for some cancerous tumors involve irradiation with "fast" neutrons. The neutrons from one treatment source have an average velocity of 3.4 x 10^7 m/s. If the velocities of the individual neutrons are known to within 2% of this value, what is the uncertainty in this position of one of them

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