5. A seed sorting machine identifies undesirable seeds by automatic color-sensitive or size- sensitive monitoring. The...

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5. A seed sorting machine identifies undesirable seeds by automatic color-sensitive or size- sensitive monitoring. The undesired seeds are given an electrostatic charge while the desired seeds are left neutral. As shown in the figure above, all seeds are injected down into a chute constructed of conducting parallel plates separated by a distance d and charged to a voltage V. The charged, and therefore undesirable seeds, experience a net sideways deflecting force senarating them from the desired seeds. Let the undesirable seeds have a charge q and a mass m. If all seeds enter the parallel-plate region with a velocity v,, find the displacement y of the undesired seeds as a function of x while in the chute. Do not neglect gravity. Q.4 Q.5 5. A seed sorting machine identifies undesirable seeds by automatic color-sensitive or size- sensitive monitoring. The undesired seeds are given an electrostatic charge while the desired seeds are left neutral. As shown in the figure above, all seeds are injected down into a chute constructed of conducting parallel plates separated by a distance d and charged to a voltage V. The charged, and therefore undesirable seeds, experience a net sideways deflecting force senarating them from the desired seeds. Let the undesirable seeds have a charge q and a mass m. If all seeds enter the parallel-plate region with a velocity v,, find the displacement y of the undesired seeds as a function of x while in the chute. Do not neglect gravity. Q.4 Q.5

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