A 500-eV electron and a 300-eV electron trapped in a uniform magnetic field move in circular paths in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic field. What is the ratio of the radii of their orbits?

a. 2.8
b. 1.7
c. 1.3
d. 4.0
e. 1.0


C

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