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Q. The path of a charged particle entering perpendicularly in a uniform electric field will be:

Rajasthan PMTRajasthan PMT 2004Moving Charges and Magnetism

Solution:

The equation of motion of the charge entering perpendicular to the electric field is
$y=\frac{q E}{2 m\, v^{2}} x^{2} $
$y \propto x^{2}$
Therefore, path of a charged particle entering perpendicularly in electric field is parabolic in shape.