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22.5 Exercise 9

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A cosmic ray electron moves at 7.50×106m/s7 . \text{50} \times \text{10}^{6} \text{m}/\text{s} perpendicular to the Earth’s magnetic field at an altitude where field strength is 1.00×10−5T1 . \text{00} \times \text{10}^{- 5} T. What is the radius of the circular path the electron follows?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 22.5 Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field: Examples and Applications, exercise 9

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