An electron with a speed of 1.7 × 107 m/s moves horizontally into a region where a constant vertical force of 4.9 × 10-16 N acts
on it. The mass of the electron is 9.11 × 10-31 kg. Determine the vertical distance the electron is deflected during the time it has moved 29 mm horizontally.
2 answers:
Answer:
y = 77.74 10⁻⁵ m
Explanation:
For this exercise we can use Newton's second law
F = m a
a = F / m
a = 4.9 10⁻¹⁶ / 9.1 10⁻³¹
a = 0.538 10¹⁵ m / s
This is the vertical acceleration of the electron.
Now let's use kinematics to find the time it takes to move the
x= 29 mm = 29 10⁻³ m
On the x axis
v = x / t
t = x / v
t = 29 10⁻³ / 1.7 10⁷
t = 17 10⁻¹⁰ s
Now we can look for vertical distance at this time.
y = t + ½ a t²
y = 0 + ½ 0.538 10¹⁵ (17 10⁻¹⁰)²
y = 77.74 10⁻⁵ m
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