Gujarati
11.Dual Nature of Radiation and matter
easy

An electron is moving with constant velocity along $x - $ axis. If a uniform electric field is applied along $y - $ axis, then its path in the $x - y$ plane will be

A

A straight line

B

A circle

C

A parabola

D

An ellipse

Solution

(c) If a uniform electric field is applied in $y$ -direction, then a force acts in the $-y$ direction for the moving electron. Thus the case is thus of a projectile and the path is a parabola.

Standard 12
Physics

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