You are sitting in a room in which uniform magnetic field is present in vertically downward direction. When an electron is projected in horizontal direction, it will be moving in circular path with constant speed
clockwise in vertical plane
clockwise in horizontal plane
anticlockwise in horizontal plane
anticlockwise in vertical plane
A
clockwise in vertical plane
B
clockwise in horizontal plane
C
anticlockwise in horizontal plane
D
anticlockwise in vertical plane
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by F=q→v×→B where q is −ve therefore, it will be moving in a circular path with constant speed clockwise in horizontal plane
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