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Homework Statement
If I shoot an electron from the back of a TV at a screen towards the front at .5c (e= speed of light) What magnetic field must be in the coils around the cathode ray tube (picture tube) if the electron would have made a circle radius 30m if it hadn't hit the screen and made it glow. (your TV show)
Homework Equations
r= (mv)/qB
The Attempt at a Solution
Using the equation rearranged to solve for B:
B=mv/qr
mass of an electron = 9.1 x 10^-31
charge of an electron = 1.602 x 10^-19
.5c=...well it's half of the spd of light so I assume : 1.5 x 10^8 since the spd of light is 3x10^8 if I remember correctly.
and radius = 30m
so:
B= (9.1x10^-31)(1.5x10^8)/(1.602x10^-19)(30)
B= .026?
Could someone check if I did this correctly, did I forget something?