Due to friction with the air, an airplane has acquired a net charge of 1.70 10-5 C. The plane moves with a speed of 3.15 102 m/s at an angle with respect to the earth's magnetic field, the magnitude of which is 5.00 10-5 T. The magnetic force on the airplane has a magnitude of 2.35 10-7 N. Find the angle . (There are two possible angles.)

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Due to friction with the air, an airplane has acquired a net charge of 1.70  10-5 C. The plane moves with a speed of 3.15  102 m/s at an angle  with respect to the earth's magnetic field, the magnitude of which is 5.00  10-5 T. The magnetic force on the airplane has a magnitude of 2.35  10-7 N. Find the angle . (There are two possible angles.)
° (smaller angle) 
° (larger angle)

bobpursley · Answer

F=qv x B in vectors so sinTheta=F/qvB and remember your trig identies: sinTheta= sin(180-Theta) as I recall... For instance, Sin 87= sin 93