The electric field strength is 1.70×104 N/C inside a parallel-plate capacitor with a 1.50 mm spacing. An electron is released from rest at the negative plate.   What is the electron's speed when it reaches the positive plate? Express your answer with the appropriate units.

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The electric field strength is 1.70×104 N/C inside a parallel-plate capacitor with a 1.50 mm spacing. An electron is released from rest at the negative plate.

 

What is the electron's speed when it reaches the positive plate?
Express your answer with the appropriate units.
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