I. If all matter (electrons, protons, tables, people, ...) has “wave-like” prope
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Question
I. If all matter (electrons, protons, tables, people, ...) has “wave-like” properties, why do tables and people seem so “particle-like”? Three students ponder this question.
Xue: Tables and people appear particle-like because they are built from smaller wave-like entities like electrons and protons. As you put more and more of these waves together, the resulting object appears more and more particle-like because of the interference between the individual waves.
Mario: Objects that have mass, especially a lot of mass like tables and people, have a huge amount of energy by E = mc2. This large amount of energy corresponds to a ridiculously high frequency, by E = hf. Therefore, tables are wave-like, but the fields that comprise them are oscillating at much too high a frequency to ever be detectable.
Robert: Waves and particles are just two categories that humans invented as they were trying to figure out nature. Basically, nothing is purely a wave or a particle, everything is a little of both. Some things are more wave-like and others are more particle-like.
Which, if any, of the students are correct? For each incorrect response, provide a short explanation why it is incorrect. If no one is correct, provide a correct answer below.
Explanation / Answer
The answer of Xue is incorrect as explanation is irrevalent according to question asked
The answer of Mario is also not correct to 100 perecent but correct to some point as there frequency is very high so cannot see their wave nature
The answer of Robert is incorrect as He is talking about the fact and not giving the explanation why is that so.He is discussing dual nature but not telling why tables are not wave