An electron and a proton are each released from rest in the same uniform electric field. The electron moves a distance delectron and the proton moves a distance dproton as each particle's kinetic energy increases by 1.6 eV. How do delectron and dproton compare?
a. delectron < dproton
b. delectron > dproton
c. delectron = dproton
d. The answer depends on the direction of the electric field.
c
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