Once the electric force is calculated, it must be equal to the gravitational force since the charge is floating. What formula is used to calculate the gravitational force acting on a mass?
Some guiding questions that may help:
1. What is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at a point 4.5 cm above the wire?
2. What formula is used to calculate the force acting on a moving charge in a magnetic field?
There is one thing; it looks just like a typo though:
This:
a = [(1/2)(0-2.0)2] / 1.5 m
should be written like this:
a = [(1/2)((0 m/s)^2-(2.0 m/s)^2)]/1.5 m
The answer isn't changed, though.
"Direct proportion" means that as one variable increases, the other increases (more voltage = more current).
"Indirect proportion" means that as one variable increases, the other decreases (more resistance = less current).