Usain de Bolt-y Wavelength

Usain Bolt, the world champion sprinter, hit a top speed of 27.79 miles per hour at the Olympics. If he has a mass of 94 kg, what was his de Broglie wavelength ?

Express your answer as an order of magnitude in units of the Bohr radius r B = 5.29 × 1 0 11 m r_{B} = 5.29 \times 10^{-11} \text{m} . For instance, if your answer was 4 × 1 0 5 r B 4 \times 10^{-5} r_{B} , your should give 5. -5.


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The answer is -26.

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Ashish Parmar
Oct 17, 2018

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