Question #ee4ab

1 Answer
Aug 17, 2017

lamda_"matter" = 10 * sqrt(h/m)λmatter=10hm

Explanation:

This problem is more or less an exercise in algebraic manipulation because all you have to do here is to use the equation that describes the de Broglie wavelength of the particle

color(blue)(ul(color(black)(lamda_ "matter" = h/(m * v)))) -> the de Broglie wavelength

Here

  • lamda_ "matter" is its de Broglie wavelength
  • h is Planck's constant, equal to 6.626 * 10^(-34)"J s"
  • m is the mass of the particle
  • v is its velocity

In your case, you know that

lamda_"matter" = 100 * v

This implies that

v = lamda_"matter"/100

Plug this into the above equation to get

lamda_"matter" = h/(m * lamda_"matter"/100)

At this point, all you have to do is to isolate lamda_"matter" by using algebraic manipulation.

lamda_"matter" = 100 * h/(m * lamda_"matter"

lamda_"matter" * m * lamda_"matter" = 100 * h

lamda_"matter"^2 = (100 * h)/m

Therefore, you can say that

lamda_"matter" = sqrt((100 * h)/m)

which is equivalent to

color(darkgreen)(ul(color(black)(lamda_"matter" = 10 * sqrt(h/m))))