A charged particle is moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field, the radius of its motion given by r = mv/Bq. The speed of the particle is tripled. The particle’s time to complete one loop

1.is divided by three.
2.triples.
3.stays the same.
4.changes in ways which cannot be determined with the information given.


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What will be an ideal response?

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