An electron of mass 9.11x10^-31 kg is at rest on the negative plate of a parallel plate capacitor.

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Answer:

The first step in the solution is to calculate the kinetic energy of the electron:

KE=12mv2

E=12⋅9.11⋅10¯31kg⋅(2.5⋅106ms)2

E=2.84687⋅10¯17kg⋅m2s¯2 (I kept some guard digits)

When I use this value just below, I will use J (for Joules).

2) Next, we will use the de Broglie equation to calculate the wavelength:

λ=hp

λ=h√2Em

=6.626⋅10¯34J⋅s√2⋅(2.84687⋅10¯17J)⋅(9.11⋅10¯31kg)

Now you can calculate final answer

Just to be sure about two things: (1) the unit on Planck's Constant is Joule-seconds, both are in the numerator and (2) there are three values following the radical in the denominator. All three of them are under the radical sign.