Two horizontal metal plates, each 100 mm square, are aligned 10.0 mm apart, with one above the other. They are given equal-magnitude charges of opposite sign so that a uniform downward electric field of 2 000 N/C exists in the region between them. A particle of mass  2.00  1016 kg and with a positive charge of 1.00  106 C leaves the center of the bottom negative plate with an initial speed of 1.00  105 m/s at an angle of 37.0° above the horizontal. Describe the trajectory of the particle. Which plate does it strike? Where does it strike, relative to its starting point?

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 Two horizontal metal plates, each 100 mm square, are
aligned 10.0 mm apart, with one above the other. They
are given equal-magnitude charges of opposite sign so
that a uniform downward electric field of 2 000 N/C
exists in the region between them. A particle of mass 
2.00  1016 kg and with a positive charge of 1.00  106 C
leaves the center of the bottom negative plate with an initial speed of 1.00  105 m/s at an angle of 37.0° above
the horizontal. Describe the trajectory of the particle.
Which plate does it strike? Where does it strike, relative to
its starting point?

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