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A baseball pitcher's fastballs have been clocked at about 94 mph (1 mile = 1609 m).
(a) Calculate the wavelength of a 0.148−kg baseball (in nm) at this speed.
(b) What is the wavelength of a hydrogen atom at the same speed?
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