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Humans share ~60% of their DNA with a banana — we're more similar to fruit than you'd think.
Did you know?
Humans share ~60% of their DNA with a banana — we're more similar to fruit than you'd think.
An electron of mass m and a photon have the same energy E. The ratio of de Broglie wavelengths associated with them is
To solve this problem, we need to find the de Broglie wavelengths for both the electron and the photon and then find their ratio.The de Broglie wavelength is given by:where is Planck's constant and is the momentum.For an electron:The energy of the electron is given by the relation:Solving for momentum Thus, the de Broglie wavelength for the electron is:For a photon:The energy of the photon is given by:Solving for momentum Thus, the de Broglie wavelength for the photon is:Now, we find the ratio of the de Broglie wavelengths:Simplifying the expression:Cancel out from the numerator and denominator:Further simplifying:Therefore, the correct option is Option 3:
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