Question

If a positively charged particle moves into a magnetic field traveling in a straight line, how would you expect its motion to change? A) The particle would slow and stop moving. B) The particle would travel in a curved path. C) The particle would continue traveling in a straight line. D) The particle would make a right angle turn and then continue traveling in a straight line.

Answer 1

B. The particle would travel in a curved path

Step-by-step explanation:

from Lorentz force equation, the force and magentic fied are perpedicular to each other. for a positive charge moving into an electromgnetic field, the magnetic have infulence over the moving charge and therefore slow the speed of the moving charge and compels it to move in a circular part.

Answer 2

B) The particle would travel in a curved path.

Explanation:

Consider a positively charged particle passes through a magnetic field B

The direction of the velocity of the charged particle is perpendicular to the line of force of the magnetic field.

The charged particle will experience a force and follows a curved path in the magnetic field.

The motion of the charged particle is such that at any instant the direction of the velocity vector of the charged particle is always perpendicular to the line of force.

So, the positively charged particle follows a curved path around the magnetic lines of force.