At one instant an electron is moving in the positive x direction along the x-axis in a region where there is a uniform magnetic field in the positive z direction. When viewed from a point on the positive z-axis, its subsequent motion is: a. Straight ahead. b. Counter-clockwise around a circle in the x-y plane. c. Clockwise around a circle in the x-y plane. d. e. f. None of the above In the positive z direction. In the negative z direction.

At one instant an electron is moving in the positive x direction along the x-axis in a region where there is a uniform magnetic field in the positive z direction. When viewed from a point on the positive z-axis, its subsequent motion is: a. Straight ahead. b. Counter-clockwise around a circle in the x-y plane. c. Clockwise around a circle in the x-y plane. d. e. f. None of the above In the positive z direction. In the negative z direction.

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