Earth is slightly closer to the sun in january than in july. how does the area swept out by earth’s orbit around the sun during the 31 days of january compare to the area swept out during the 31 days of july?

An electron moves with a constant horizontal velocity of 3.0 × 106 m/s and no initial vertical velocity as it enters a deflector inside a tv tube. the electron strikes the screen after traveling 26 cm horizontally and 19 cm vertically upward with no horizontal acceleration. what is the constant vertical acceleration provided by the deflector? (the effects of gravity can be ignored.)