Wavelength of bullet and proton, same momentum

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Cataklyzm
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Hi.

There's this question that was posed.
And I'm totally lost.:redface: If my professor explained how it's all derived it would've been useful.
Here we are:

A bullet and a proton have the same momentum. Which has the longer wavelength?

Any help?
Thanks,
Cataklyzm
 
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Tell me what you know about the de Broglie wavelength.
 
Ahh.. de Broglie's.. wavelength = h / momentum..
Because h is Planck's constant.. and momentum is constant in this example.
wavelength is constant.. So they both have the same wavelength.

Thanks.
 
Cataklyzm said:
So they both have the same wavelength.
Thanks.
Glad to be of service :smile: