A set of charged spheres carries -1.5 mC and each has mass 15 ?g. What vertical electric field in the laboratory would cause these spheres to continue in a straight line if they were projected horizontally into the electric-field region?

A. -98 ?V/m
B. 10 mV/m
C. -10 mV/m
D. 98 ?V/m


A. -98 ?V/m

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