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AP Physics C: E&M
9.3 Conservation of Electric Energy
9.2 Electric Potential
IntermediateMCQMathematicalConceptual12.8k
A vertical line represents a large flat plate positioned on the right side of the diagram, labeled -\sigma. To the left of the plate, a horizontal dashed line represents the normal axis perpendicular to the plate. A small solid circle representing an electron is located on the normal axis at a distance to the left of the plate, labeled -e. An arrow labeled v_0 originates from the electron and points toward the upper-right toward the plate. An arc indicates the angle \theta between the horizontal normal axis and the arrow v_0. A horizontal double-headed arrow below the dashed line extends from the electron's position to a vertical dotted line closer to the plate, labeled d. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
An electron projected at angle \(\theta\) toward a negatively charged plate.
An electron of mass \(m\) and charge \(-e\) is projected with speed \(v_0\) at an angle \(\theta\) relative to the normal toward a large, uniformly charged nonconducting plate with negative surface charge density \(-\sigma\), where \(\sigma > 0\). The perpendicular stopping distance \(d\) is defined as the distance the electron travels toward the plate before the component of its velocity perpendicular to the plate momentarily becomes zero. Which of the following expressions correctly gives the stopping distance \(d\), and which statement correctly describes its limiting behavior as the launch angle \(\theta\) approaches \(\dfrac{\pi}{2}\)?

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