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Posted by Claire on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 11:06pm.

An electron and a proton that are placed in an electrical field both accelerate equally.

True
or
False?

physics - drwls, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 1:21am
False. The forces on each other are equal, but because the masses are very different, the lighter electron accelerates much more.

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