Limits

r = mv/qB

If we make the speed too small, the radius will not be big enough so that the particle will not go far enough to reach the target.

A minimum size circle would have to have a diameter equal to the distance the target is from the firing point:

d = SQR[x2 + y2] = 2r .

But which way to head?

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