An electron is moving at a speed of 12 × 10^6 m/s at an angle of 30° with respect to a uniform magnetic field of 8.0 × 10^–4 T. What is the radius of the resulting helical path? (me = 9.11 × 10^–31 kg, qe = 1.6 × 10^–19 C)

a. 2.1 cm
c. 4.3 cm
b. 3.7 cm
d. 8.5 cm


C

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