Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 22 - Magnetism - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 795: 61

Answer

East.

Work Step by Step

According to the right hand rule: the magnetic force on a positively charged particle moving upward through a horizontal magnetic field which points north will be towards the west. Thus, the negatively charged electron will experience a force towards the east.
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