Is Uncertainty in Velocity Equal to the Velocity Itself?

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If the uncertainity in position is equal to de broglies wavelength ..den is the uncertainity in velocity equal to the velocity itself?
If yes how?
 
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##\displaystyle \Delta x \Delta p \geq \frac{\hbar}{2}##. Let ##\displaystyle \Delta x = \lambda = \frac{h}{p}##, then ##\displaystyle \Delta p \geq \frac{\hbar}{2 \Delta x} = \frac{\hbar p}{2 h} = \frac{p}{4\pi}##.
If the motion is non-relativistic, p=mv and ##\displaystyle \Delta v \geq \frac{v}{4\pi}##.
Note that this is a lower limit on the uncertainty.