An electron gun res electrons into a magnetic eld directed straight downward. Find the direction of the force exerted by the eld on an electron for each of the following directions of the electrons velocity: (a) horizontal and due north; (b) horizontal and 30west of north; (c)due north, but at 30 below the horizontal; (d) straight upward. (Remember that an electron has a negative charge.)
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An eight-turn coil encloses an elliptical area having a major axis of 40.0 cm and a minor axis of 30.0 cm (Fig. P19.23). The coil lies in the plane of the page and has a 6.00-A current owing clockwise aroundit. If the coil is in a uniform magnetic eld of 2.00 104 T directed toward the left of the page, what is the magnitude of the torque on the coil? [Hint: The area of an ellipse is A ab, where a and b are, respectively, the semimajor and semiminor axes of the ellipse.]
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