Compare the de Broglie wavelength of a bullet moving at 700 miles per hour (313 m/s) to that of an alpha particle moving at 3.40x107 miles per hour (1.52x107 m/s) and a baseball with a speed of 90.0 miles per hour (40.2 m/s). Region Particle bullet 0.00190 alpha particle 6.64 x 10-27 baseball Mass (kg) Submit Answer 0.140 Retry Entire Group Velocity (m/s) Wavelength 313 1.52 × 107 40.2 8 more group attempts remaining ultraviolet (10-8 to 107 m) X-ray (10-11 to 10-8 m) gamma (10-16 to 10-¹1 m) smaller than 10-20 m

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Compare the de Broglie wavelength of a bullet moving at 700 miles per hour (313 m/s) to that of an alpha particle moving at
3.40x107 miles per hour (1.52×107 m/s) and a baseball with a speed of 90.0 miles per hour (40.2 m/s).
Region
Particle
bullet
baseball
Mass (kg)
alpha particle 6.64 × 10-
-27
Submit Answer
0.00190
0.140
Retry Entire Group
Velocity (m/s) Wavelength
313
1.52 × 107
40.2
8 more group attempts remaining
ultraviolet (10-8 to 10-7m)
X-ray (10-¹¹ to 10-8 m)
gamma (10-¹6 to 10-¹¹ m)
smaller than 10-20 m
Transcribed Image Text:Compare the de Broglie wavelength of a bullet moving at 700 miles per hour (313 m/s) to that of an alpha particle moving at 3.40x107 miles per hour (1.52×107 m/s) and a baseball with a speed of 90.0 miles per hour (40.2 m/s). Region Particle bullet baseball Mass (kg) alpha particle 6.64 × 10- -27 Submit Answer 0.00190 0.140 Retry Entire Group Velocity (m/s) Wavelength 313 1.52 × 107 40.2 8 more group attempts remaining ultraviolet (10-8 to 10-7m) X-ray (10-¹¹ to 10-8 m) gamma (10-¹6 to 10-¹¹ m) smaller than 10-20 m
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