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A charge particle enters into a magnetic field with a velocity vector making an angle of 30o with respect to the direction of magnetic field. The path of the particle is:

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circular
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helical
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elliptical
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straight line
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Solution

The correct option is B helical
Here velocity vector have two components
(i) v cos θ, parallel to magnetic field
(ii) v sin θ, perpendicular to magnetic field. Due to component v cos θ, the particle will have a linear motion but due to v sin θ, the particle will have simultaneously a circular motion. The resultant of the two is a helical path.

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