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  4. Assertion: If an electron and proton enter an electric field with equal energy, then path of electron is more curved than that of proton. Reason: Electron has a tendency to form curve.

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Q. Assertion: If an electron and proton enter an electric field with equal energy, then path of electron is more curved than that of proton.
Reason: Electron has a tendency to form curve.

AIIMSAIIMS 1997

Solution:

As both the electron and the proton enters the electric field with equal energies, the electron will finally traverse a more curved path than the proton as the electron is lighter than the proton, because of which the acceleration of the electron will be much more than that of the proton.
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