Test: AP Physics B

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A proton traveling at  in a horizontal plane passes through an opening into a mass spectrometer with a uniform  magnetic field directed upward. The particle then moves in a circular path through  and crashes into the wall of the spectrometer adjacent to the entrance opening. How far down from the entrance is the proton when it crashes into the wall?

The proton’s mass is  and its electric charge is .

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