Q- A particle moves in a region having a uniform magnetic field and parallelelectricfield.At some instant the velocity of a particle is perpendicular to the fielddirection.The path of a particle will be?a) straight lineb)circlec) helix with uniform pitchd) helix with non uniform pitchEXPLAI?N ALS?O??

At the instant of starting, the path is a circle.The electric field causes the particle to accelerate perpendicular to the plane of the circle caused by the magnetic field. Therefore the path is a helix

mv²/r = evB, r= mv/eB = Et/eB

In addition,because v increases with time, the helix has the shape of a stretched out, spring whose radius increases continuously from turn to turn. Therefore, the correct answer is option 'd'

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