Estimating the Bohr radius from the uncertainty principle

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Relevant Equations
Heisenberg uncertainty i guess
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Soo. I think this problem is too direct and easy so I think I got it in wrong way: p=h/r and then plug in the K and V and then we get E=E(r) and get derivative and we have minimum? What do you think? is there sth I am missing?
 
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It seems fine to me. It is not supposed to be a hard/rigorous problem after all, since you are doing approximation and some assumptions before starting the calculations.