An electron is placed in a uniform electric field of strength 232 N/C. If the electron is at rest at the origin of a coordinate system at /=0 and the electric field is in the positive x-direction, what are the r- and y-coordinates of the electron at = 2.30 ns?

An electron is placed in a uniform electric field of strength 232 N/C. If the electron is at rest at the origin of a coordinate system at /=0 and the electric field is in the positive x-direction, what are the r- and y-coordinates of the electron at = 2.30 ns?

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51. An electron is placed in a uniform electric field of
strength 232 N/C. If the electron is at rest at the origin of
a coordinate system at /=0 and the electric field is in the
positive x-direction, what are the r- and y-coordinates
of the electron at r= 2.30 ns?

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