An electron enters midway through a uniform electric field of 198 N/C at an initial velocity of 416 m/s, as shown in the diagram. If the plates are separated by a distance of 2.02 cm, how far along the x-axis will the electron hit the bottom plate.

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I have an anwer, but for some reason i'm feeling it doesn't make sense... and that's not good cuz i'm learning this too and i can't even remember how exactly xD

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well any help is fine with me :)

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oh i see do i have to convert any numbers

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Well everything seems alright as given. But i just ran another vertical displacement equation and if we substitute in the horizontal d i just found above, it doesn't reach the plate... so the above is not correct..

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yeah i tried it out :(

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Is this like an online thing where it tells you if you're right?

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yep

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okay, well let's work through this, it'll help us both. First we should find the acceleration of the electron, obviously in the y direction.

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