So, for a proton and an alpha particle, we can write this as:
\[
\frac{q_{p}}{m_{p}} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{q_{\alpha}}{m_{\alpha}}
\]
where $q_{p}$ and $q_{\alpha}$ are the charges of the proton and alpha particle respectively, and $m_{p}$ and $m_{\alpha}$
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