Magnetism; the path of electrons

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The path of electrons emerging grom an accelerator must be bent by 90° by a 'bending magnet' so as not to strike a barrier in their path a distance d from their exit hole in the accelerator.
Show that the field B in de bending magnet, which we assume is uniform and can extend over an area d*d, must have magnitude B >= sq rt (2*m*K/e²d²), with m the mass of a proton and K is its kinetic energy.

How can I solve this porblem?
I really don't see it...
 
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