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Doubling a charged particle's speed in a fixed field changes its orbit radius how?
ARadius quadruples
BRadius is unchanged
CRadius doubles
DRadius is halved
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Radius doubles
Since r = mv/qB, the radius is directly proportional to speed and therefore doubles.
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