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Find the mobility of the conduction electrons in a copper conductor if in Hall effect measuremaents performed in the magnetic fileld of induction `B = 100 mT` the transverse electric field strength of the given conductor turned out be `eta = 3.1.10^(3) `times less than that of the longtudinal electric field.

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