Question: Using appropriate technology, you determine that Earth's magnetic field at your location has a magnitude of 5.36 10 -5 T and is directed north

Using appropriate technology, you determine that Earth's magnetic field at your location has a magnitude of 5.36 × 10 -5 T and is directed north at an angle of 59? below the horizontal. You charge a metallic projectile and fire it north with a speed of 641 m/s and at an angle of 14? above the horizontal. Determine the sign (+ or ?) and charge of the projectile, if the magnetic force on the projectile is 2.85 × 10 -10 N, directed due west.

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