Solution to 2008 Problem 61


The radius of a charge particle's circular orbit in a magnetic is
\begin{align*}R = \frac{m v}{qB}\end{align*}
So, when the charge to mass ratio is doubled, the radius is halfed. Therefore, answer (E) is correct.


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