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Why are you unable to observe the wavelike motion of a soccer ball as it is kicked toward a goal?

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Answer:

Every object has both particle and wave nature. From de-Broglie wavelength formula:

[tex]\lambda = \frac{h}{p}=\frac{h}{mv}[/tex]

where, λ is the wavelength, h is Planck's constant and p = mv is the momentum.

A soccer ball has large momentum due to high mass and velocity when it is kicked making the wavelength λ very small. Hence, we are not able to observe the wavelike motion of the soccer ball when it is kicked towards the goal.

on an average, a soccer ball weighs around 430 g= 0.43 kg. If it is kicked with an initial speed of 25 m/s, then

[tex]\lambda =\frac{6.63\times 10^{-34} m^2 kg/s}{0.43 kg\times 25 m/s}=6.2 \times10^{-35} m[/tex]

This is very small in magnitude and hence we are unable to observe its wavelike motion.