a) A wire is held horizontally in a vacuum chamber, and carries a current of 1.35 µA. A proton is traveling in a direction parallel to the wire (opposite the current) with a constant speed of 2.40 ✕ 104 m/s at a distance d above the wire. Ignoring the magnetic field due to the Earth, determine the value of d (in cm).

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a) A wire is held horizontally in a vacuum chamber, and carries a current of 1.35 µA. A proton is traveling in a direction parallel to the wire (opposite the current) with a constant speed of 2.40 ✕ 104 m/s at a distance d above the wire. Ignoring the magnetic field due to the Earth, determine the value of d (in cm).
b)What If? At what distance d (in m) would an electron moving with the same speed as the proton move parallel to the wire?
c)What direction would the electron have to move?
  • In the same direction as the proton.
  • In the opposite direction as the proton.    
  • There is too little information to determine the direction.
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