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A positively charged particle moving along x-axis with a certain velocity enters a uniform electric field directed along positive y-axis. Its

  • Option 1)

    Vertical velocity changes but horizontal velocity remains constant

  • Option 2)

      Horizontal velocity changes but vertical velocity remains constant

  • Option 3)

     Both vertical and horizontal velocities change

  • Option 4)

    Neither vertical nor horizontal velocity changes

 

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As we have learned

Velocity at any instance -

\left | \vec{V} \right |=\sqrt{u^{2}+\frac{Q^{2}E^{2}t^{2}}{m^{2}}}

- wherein

 

 

    Vertical velocity changes due to electric field, but no change in horizontal velocity.

 


Option 1)

Vertical velocity changes but horizontal velocity remains constant

Option 2)

  Horizontal velocity changes but vertical velocity remains constant

Option 3)

 Both vertical and horizontal velocities change

Option 4)

Neither vertical nor horizontal velocity changes

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