Inside a vacuum tube, an electron is in the presence of a uniform electric field with a magnitude of 305 N/C.   (a) What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the electron (in m/s2)?     (b) The electron is initially at rest. What is its speed (in m/s) after 1.05 ✕ 10−8 s?

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Inside a vacuum tube, an electron is in the presence of a uniform electric field with a magnitude of 305 N/C.
 
(a)
What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the electron (in m/s2)?
 
 
(b)
The electron is initially at rest. What is its speed (in m/s) after 1.05 ✕ 10−8 s?
 
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