Scenario: The man starts at the house and starts walking towards the tree. After 5 seconds he reaches the origin and stands still for 4 seconds. He then starts walking again toward the tree arriving there 16 seconds after he started his journey. He remains standing at the tree for another 14 seconds.

It may seem strange that the selected velocity does not depend on either the mass or the charge of the particle. (for example, would the velocity of a neutral particle be selected by passage through this device? ) the explanation of this is that the mass and the charge control the resolution of the device--particles with the wrong velocity will be accelerated away from the straight line and will not pass through the exit slit. if the acceleration depends strongly on the velocity, then particles with just slightly wrong velocities will feel a substantial transverse acceleration and will not exit the selector. because the acc