An electron is released from rest at the negative plate of a parallel plate capacitor. If the distance between the plates is 5 mm and the potential difference across the plates is 5 V, with what velocity does the electron hit the positive plate? (me = 9.1 × 10?31 kg, qe = 1.6 × 10?19 C.)

What will be an ideal response?


1.33 × 106 m/s

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