Electrostatics Question 338
Question: An electron and a proton are in a uniform electric field, the ratio of their accelerations will be [NCERT 1984; MP PET 2002]
Options:
A) Zero
B) Unity
C) The ratio of the masses of proton and electron
D) The ratio of the masses of electron and proton
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
$ a=\frac{qE}{m} $
therefore $ \frac{a _{e}}{a _{p}}=\frac{m _{p}}{m _{e}} $
