Motion of a charged particle between angled conducting plates

Описание: Two infinite conducting plates meet at a 60 degree angle, and a charged particle is placed along the line bisecting this angle. How long does it take the particle to reach the point where the plates meet? Here we solve this problem by considering the force exerted by five image charges, then integrating Newton's second law.

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