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Electric Forces and Fields

Due: 7:00pm on Monday, January 30, 2012
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For Items 7, 8, 12, 14, and 18, please submit your answers online, and also submit written work showing how you solved these problems. Put your written solutions in the homework box on the second floor of the Physics Building by the same due date and time as for the online assignment.
Item 1
Learning Goal: To understand the electric force between charged and uncharged conductors and insulators.
When a test charge is brought near a charged object, we know from Coulomb's law that it will experience a net force (either attractive or repulsive, depending on the nature of the object's charge). A test charge may also experience an electric force when brought near a neutral object. Any attraction of a neutral insulator or neutral conductor to a test charge must occur through induced polarization. In an insulator, the electrons are bound to their molecules. Though they cannot move freely throughout the insulator, they can shift slightly, creating a rather weak net attraction to a test charge that is brought close to the insulator's surface. In a conductor, free electrons will accumulate on the surface of the conductor nearest the positive test charge. This will create a strong attractive force if the test charge is placed very close to the conductor's surface.
Consider three plastic balls (A, B, and C), each carrying a uniformly distributed unknown charge (which may be zero), and an uncharged copper ball (D). A positive test charge (T) experiences the forces shown in the figure when brought very near to the individual balls. The test charge T is strongly attracted to A, strongly repelled from B, weakly attracted to C, and strongly attracted to D. Assume throughout this problem that the balls are brought very close together.
Part A What is the nature of the force between balls A and B? Hint A.1 What is the net charge on ball A?
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Hint A.2 What is the net charge on ball B?

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ANSWER:
strongly attractive strongly repulsive weakly attractive neither attractive nor repulsive Correct
Part B What is the nature of the force between balls A and C? Hint B.1 What is the charge on ball C? Recall that ball C is composed of insulating material, which means that it can be polarized, but the charges inside are otherwise not free to move around inside the ball. Since the test charge experiences only a weak force due to ball C, what must be the nature of the net charge on ball C? ANSWER: positive negative zero Correct
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strongly attractive strongly repulsive weakly attractive neither attractive nor repulsive Correct
Recall that ball C is composed of insulating material, which can be polarized in the presence of an external charged object such as ball A. Once polarized, there will be a weak attraction between balls A and C, because the positive and negative charges in ball C are at slightly different average distances from ball A. Part C What is the nature of the force between balls A and D? Hint C.1 What are the surface charges on ball D?
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repulsive neither attractive nor repulsive Correct
Part D What is the nature of the force between balls D and C? ANSWER: attractive repulsive neither attractive nor repulsive Correct Because the test charge T is neither strongly attracted to nor repelled from ball C, ball C must have zero net charge. Since ball D also has zero net charge, there will not be any force between the two balls.
Item 2
This problem explores the behavior of charge on realistic (i.e. non-ideal) insulators. We take as an example a long insulating rod suspended by insulating wires. Assume that the rod is initially electrically neutral. For convenience, we will refer to the left end of the rod as end A, and the right end of the rod as end B . In the answer options for this problem, "weakly attracted/repelled" means "attracted/repelled with a force of magnitude similar to that which would exist between two balls, one of which is charged, and the other acquires a small induced charge". An attractive/repulsive force greater than this should be classified as "strongly attracted/repelled".
Part A A small metal ball is given a negative charge, then brought near (i.e., within a few millimeters) to end A of the rod. What happens to end A of the rod when the ball approaches it closely this first time? Hint A.1 What is an insulator?
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Hint A.2 Charge at end A

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Select the expected behavior. ANSWER: strongly repelled strongly attracted weakly attracted weakly repelled neither attracted nor repelled Correct Currently, you can think of this in the following way: When the sphere is brought near the rod, a positive charge is induced at end A (and correspondingly, end B acquires a negative induced charge). This means that some charge must have flowed from A to B. Since charge flow is inhibited in an insulator, the induced charges are typically small. Later you will learn how to model insulators more accurately and formulate a slightly more accurate argument. Now consider what happens when the small metal ball is repeatedly given a negative charge and then brought into contact with end A of the rod Part B After several contacts with the charged ball, how is the charge on the rod arranged? Hint B.1 What is an insulator? An insulator is a material which does not allow charge/current to flow easily through it. Select the best description. ANSWER: positive charge on end B and negative charge on end A negative charge spread evenly on both ends negative charge on end A with end B remaining almost neutral positive charge on end A with end B remaining almost neutral none of the above Correct When the sphere is touched to end A, some of its negative charge will be deposited there. However, since charge cannot flow easily through an insulator, most of this charge will just sit at end A and will not distribute itself over the rod, as it would if the rod was a conductor. Part C
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How does end A of the rod react when the ball approaches it after it has already made several contacts with the rod, such that a fairly large charge has been deposited at end A? Select the expected behavior. ANSWER: strongly repelled strongly attracted weakly attracted weakly repelled neither attracted nor repelled Correct
More on insulators
You may have learnt that any material is made of atoms, which in turn consist of a nucleus and electrons. In the atoms of some materials, some of the electrons are "bound" to the nucleus very weakly, which leaves them free to move around the volume of the material. Such electrons are called "free" electrons, and such materials are called conductors, because the charge (i.e. electrons) can move around easily. In insulators, all the electrons in the atom are bound quite tightly to the nucleus, i.e. there are no free electrons available to move through the insulator.
Item 3
This problem explores the behavior of charge on conductors. We take as an example a long conducting rod suspended by insulating strings. Assume that the rod is initially electrically neutral. For convenience we will refer to the left end of the rod as end A, and the right end of the rod as end B. In the answer options for this problem, "strongly attracted/repelled" means "attracted/repelled with a force of magnitude similar to that which would exist between two charged balls. Part A A small metal ball is given a negative charge, then brought near (i.e., within about 1/10 the length of the rod) to end A of the rod . What happens to end A of the rod when the ball approaches it closely this first time?
Hint A.1 The key property of conductors
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Hint A.2 How much charge moves to end A?

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It is strongly repelled. It is strongly attracted. It is weakly attracted. It is weakly repelled. It is neither attracted nor repelled. Correct
This charge is said to be "induced" by the presence of the electric field of the charged ball: It is not transferred by the ball. Now consider what happens when the small metal ball is repeatedly given a negative charge and then brought into contact with end A of the rod. Part B After a great many contacts with the charged ball, how is the charge on the rod arranged (when the charged ball is far away)? ANSWER: There is positive charge on end B and negative charge on end A. There is negative charge spread evenly on both ends. There is negative charge on end A with end B remaining neutral. There is positive charge on end A with end B remaining neutral. Correct
Part C How does end A of the rod react when the charged ball approaches it after a great many previous contacts with end A? Assume that the phrase "a great many" means that the total charge on the rod dominates any charge movement induced by the near presence of the charged ball. ANSWER: It is strongly repelled. It is strongly attracted. It is weakly attracted. It is weakly repelled. It is neither attracted nor repelled.
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Correct
Part D How does end B of the rod react when the charged ball approaches it after a great many previous contacts with end A? Hint D.1 The rod is a conductor
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It is strongly repelled. It is strongly attracted. It is weakly attracted. It is weakly repelled. It is neither attracted nor repelled. Correct
Item 4
Learning Goal: To understand interactions between a grounded conductor and a charged ball that is repeatedly brought into contact with it. This problem explores the behavior of charge on grounded conductors. We take as an example a long conducting rod suspended by conducting wires that are connected to ground. Assume that the rod is initially electrically neutral. For convenience, we will refer to the left end of the rod as end A, and the right end of the rod as end B . In the answer options for this problem, "strongly attracted/repelled" means "attracted/repelled with a force of magnitude similar to that which would exist between two charged balls."
Part A A small metal ball is given a negative charge, then brought near (i.e., within about 1/10 the length of the rod) to end A of the rod. What happens to end A of the rod when the ball approaches it closely this first time?
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Hint A.1 The key property of conductors

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Hint A.2 How much charge moves to end A?

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Select the expected behavior. ANSWER: strongly repelled strongly attracted weakly attracted weakly repelled neither attracted nor repelled Correct
Now consider what happens when the small metal ball is repeatedly given a negative charge and then brought into contact with end A of the rod. Part B After a great many contacts with the charged ball, how is any charge on the rod arranged (when the charged ball is far away)? Hint B.1 The rod is grounded
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Select the best description. ANSWER: positive charge on end B and negative charge on end A negative charge spread evenly on both negative charge on end A with end B remaining neutral both ends neutral positive charge spread evenly on both Correct
Part C How does end A of the rod react when the (re)charged ball approaches it after a great many previous contacts with end A?
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Hint C.1 The rod is a grounded conductor

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Part D How does end B of the rod react when the charged ball approaches it after a great many previous contacts with end A? Hint D.1 The rod is a grounded conductor
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Item 5
Learning Goal: To practice Problem-Solving Strategy 21.1 Coulomb's Law. Three charged particles are placed at each of three corners of an equilateral triangle whose sides are of length 2.1 . Two of the particles have a negative charge: = -8.8 and = -17.6 . The remaining particle has a positive charge, particle 3 due to particle 1 and particle 2? Problem-Solving Strategy: Coulomb's law IDENTIFY the relevant concepts: = 8.0 . What is the net electric force acting on
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Coulombs law comes into play whenever you need to know the electric force acting between charged particles.
SET UP the problem using the following steps:
Make a drawing showing the locations of the charged particles, and label each particle with its charge. If three or more particles are present and they do not all lie on the same line, set up an xy coordinate system. Often you will need to find the electric force on just one particle. If so, identify that particle.
EXECUTE the solution as follows:
For each particle that exerts a force on the particle of interest, calculate the magnitude of that force using .
Sketch a free-body diagram showing the electric force vectors acting on the particle(s) of interest due to each of the other particles. Recall that the force exerted by particle 1 on particle 2 points from particle 2 toward particle 1 if the two charges have opposite signs, but points from particle 2 directly away from particle 1 if the charges have the same sign. Calculate the total electric force on the particle(s) of interest. Recall that the electric force, like any force, is a vector. As always, using consistent units is essential. If you are given non-SI units, dont forget to convert! If there is a continuous distribution of charge along a line or over a surface, divide the total charge distribution into infinitesimal pieces, use Coulombs law for each piece, and then integrate to find the vector sum. In many situations, the charge distribution will be symmetrical. Whenever possible, exploit any symmetries to simplify the problem-solving process.
EVALUATE your answer: Check whether your numerical results are reasonable, and confirm that the direction of the net electric force agrees with the principle that like charges repel and opposite charges attract.
IDENTIFY the relevant concepts To determine the angle of the force vector on a single charged particle, you will need to calculate the vector sum of all the forces on that particle due to the presence of other charged particles. To do this, you will need to use Coulomb's law. SET UP the problem using the following steps
Part A Identify the most appropriate xy coordinate system. ANSWER:
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Correct You are asked to find the net force acting on particle 3. Centering the xy coordinate system on particle 3 will make this easier. EXECUTE the solution as follows
Part B Find the net force acting on particle 3 due to the presence of the other two particles. Report and a direction measured from the positive x axis.
you answer as a magnitude
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Hint B.2 Draw a free-body diagram

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Hint B.3 Calculate the force on particle 3 due to particle 1

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Hint B.4 Calculate the component forces on particle 3 due to particle 1

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Hint B.5 How to calculate the component forces on particle 3 due to particle 2
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Hint B.6 How to determine the magnitude and direction of a vector from its components
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Express the magnitude in newtons and the direction in degrees to three significant figures. ANSWER: ,
3 = 3.8010 ,19.1 Answer Requested
EVALUATE your answer
Part C Assume that particle 3 is no longer fixed to a corner of the triangle and is now allowed to move. In what direction would particle 3 move the instant after being released? Draw the velocity vector for particle 3 below. The orientation of your vector will be graded, but not its length. ANSWER:
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Specifically, from Newton's 2nd law,
, you know that a mass accelerates in the same direction
as the net force acting upon it. Therefore, at the instant after being released, particle 3 accelerates in the same direction as . Moreover, since particle 3 starts from rest, its velocity at that instant will be . In other words, the initial direction of particle 3 is the same direction as its acceleration, and therefore the same direction as the applied net force.
Let us interpret this result in terms of electric forces. In general, like charges repel and unlike charges attract. If particle 3 were free to move, it would move toward the negative charges and . If and were the same size, particle 3 would start to move toward them along a from the positive x axis. , so particle 3 will be more strongly attracted toward particle 2 and will . direction equidistant from each charge, that is, at an angle of Instead,
move off in a direction less than
Item 6
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Two small aluminum spheres, each of mass 0.0250 kilograms, are separated by 80.0 centimeters. Part A How many electrons does each sphere contain? (The atomic mass of aluminum is 26.982 grams per mole, and its atomic number is 13.) Hint A.1 The definition of mole and atomic number
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Hint A.2 How many electrons per mole of aluminum?

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Hint A.3 How many electrons per kilogram of aluminum?

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Express your answer numerically. ANSWER: 7.251024 Correct
Part B How many electrons would have to be removed from one sphere and added to the other to cause an attractive force between the spheres of magnitude (roughly one ton)? Assume that the spheres may be treated as point charges. Hint B.1 How to approach the problem
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Hint B.2 Find the relationship between the charges of the spheres
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Express your answer numerically. ANSWER: 5.271015 Correct
Part C What fraction of all the electrons in one of the spheres does this represent? Express your answer numerically.
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ANSWER:
7.261010 Correct
Submit written work for the following problem.
Item 7
Two small plastic spheres are given positive electrical charges. When they are a distance of 14.5 apart, the repulsive force between them has a magnitude of 0.250 Part A What is the charge on each sphere if the two charges are equal? ANSWER:
7 = 7.6510 Correct
Part B What is the charge on first sphere if it has four times the charge of the other? ANSWER:
6 = 1.5310 Correct
Part C What is the charge on the second sphere? ANSWER:

7 = 3.8210 Correct
Item 8
Four identical charges Part A Find the magnitude total force exerted on one charge by the other three charges. Express your answer in terms of the variables Q, L and appropriate constants. ANSWER: = Answer Requested are placed at the corners of a square of side .
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Item 9
Learning Goal: To understand Coulomb's law, electric fields, and the connection between the electric field and the electric force. Coulomb's law gives the electrostatic force force between two charges distance and acting between two charges. The magnitude of the
depends on the product of the charges and the square of the
between the charges:

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where
. The direction of the force is along the line connecting
the two charges. If the charges have the same sign, the force will be repulsive. If the charges have opposite signs, the force will be attractive. In other words, opposite charges attract and like charges repel.
Because the charges are not in contact with each other, there must be an intermediate mechanism to cause the force. This mechanism is the electric field. The electric field at any location is equal to the force per unit charge experienced by a charge placed at that location. In other words, if a charge experiences a force , the electric field at that point is
The electric field vector has the same direction as the force vector on a positive charge and the opposite direction to that of the force vector on a negative charge.
An electric field can be created by a single charge or a distribution of charges. The electric field a distance from a point charge has magnitude
The electric field points away from positive charges and toward negative charges. A distribution of charges creates an electric field that can be found by taking the vector sum of the fields created by individual point charges. Note that if a charge is placed in an electric field created by , will not significantly affect the electric field if it is small compared to . (many times larger than the charge on a single
Imagine an isolated positive point charge with a charge electron).
Part A There is a single electron at a distance from the point charge. On which of the following quantities does the force on the electron depend? Check all that apply. ANSWER: the distance between the positive charge and the electron
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the charge on the electron the mass of the electron the charge of the positive charge the mass of the positive charge the radius of the positive charge the radius of the electron Correct According to Coulomb's law, the force between two particles depends on the charge on each of them and the distance between them. Part B For the same situation as in Part A, on which of the following quantities does the electric field at the electron's position depend? Check all that apply. ANSWER: the distance between the positive charge and the electron the charge on the electron the mass of the electron the charge of the positive charge the mass of the positive charge the radius of the positive charge the radius of the electron Correct The electrostatic force cannot exist unless two charges are present. The electric field, on the other hand, can be created by only one charge. The value of the electric field depends only on the charge producing the electric field and the distance from that charge. Part C If the total positive charge is = 1.62106 = 1.53 , what is the magnitude of the electric field caused from the charge?
by this charge at point P, a distance Enter your answer numerically in newtons per coulomb.
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ANSWER:
= 6220 Correct
Part D What is the direction of the electric field at point P? Enter the letter of the vector that represents the direction of .
ANSWER:
G Correct
Part E Now find the magnitude of the force on an electron placed at point P. Recall that the charge on an electron has magnitude . Hint E.1 Determine how to approach the problem
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Enter your answer numerically in newtons. ANSWER:

16 = 9.9510 Correct
Part F What is the direction of the force on an electron placed at point P? Enter the letter of the vector that represents the direction of .
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ANSWER:
C Correct
Item 10
Learning Goal: To understand the nature of electric fields and how to draw field lines. Electric field lines are a tool used to visualize electric fields. A field line is drawn beginning at a positive charge and ending at a negative charge. Field lines may also appear from the edge of a picture or disappear at the edge of the picture. Such lines are said to begin or end at infinity. The field lines are directed so that the electric field at any point is tangent to the field line at that point. The figure shows two different ways to visualize an electric field. On the left, vectors are drawn at various points to show the direction and magnitude of the electric field. On the right, electric field lines depict the same situation. Notice that, as stated above, the electric field lines are drawn such that their tangents point in the same direction as the electric field vectors on the left. Because of the nature of electric fields, field lines never cross. Also, the vectors shrink as you move away from the charge, and the electric field lines spread out as you move away from the charge. The spacing between electric field lines indicates the strength of the electric field, just as the length of vectors indicates the strength of the electric field. The greater the spacing between field lines, the weaker the electric field. Although the advantage of field lines over field vectors may not be apparent in the case of a single charge, electric field lines present a much less cluttered and more intuitive picture of more complicated charge arrangements. Part A Which of the following figures correctly depicts the field lines from an infinite uniformly negatively charged sheet? Note that the sheet is being viewed edge-on in all pictures.
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Hint A.1 Description of the field

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Part B In the diagram from part A , what is wrong with figure B? (Pick only those statements that apply to figure B.) Check all that apply.
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Field lines cannot cross each other. The field lines should be parallel because of the sheet's symmetry. The field lines should spread apart as they leave the sheet to indicate the weakening of the field with distance. The field lines should always end on negative charges or at infinity. Correct
Part C Which of the following figures shows the correct electric field lines for an electric dipole?
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ANSWER:
A B C D Correct
This applet shows two charges. You can alter the charge on each independently or alter the distance between them. You should try to get a feeling for how altering the charges or the distance affects the field lines. Part D In the diagram from part C , what is wrong with figure D? (Pick only those statements that apply to figure D.) Check all that apply.
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Field lines cannot cross each other. The field lines should turn sharply as you move from one charge to the other. The field lines should be smooth curves. The field lines should always end on negative charges or at infinity. Correct
In even relatively simple setups as in the figure, electric field lines are quite helpful for understanding the field qualitatively (understanding the general direction in which a certain charge will move from a specific position, identifying locations where the field is
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roughly zero or where the field points a specific direction, etc.). A good figure with electric field lines can help you to organize your thoughts as well as check your calculations to see whether they make sense. Part E In the figure , the electric field lines are shown for a system of two point charges, and . Which of the following could represent the magnitudes and signs of and ? to be a positive
In the following, take quantity.
ANSWER:
, , , , , Correct
Very far from the two charges, the system looks like a single charge with value . At large enough distances, the field lines will be indistinguishable from the field lines due to a single point charge .
Item 11
Two point charges are placed on the x axis. The first charge, = 8.00 , is placed a distance 16.0 from the origin along the = 6.00 from the positive x axis; the second charge, , is placed a distance 9.00 origin along the negative x axis.
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Part A Calculate the electric field at point A, located at coordinates (0 Hint A.1 How to approach the problem
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Hint A.3 Determine the directions of the electric fields

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Hint A.4 Calculate the components of
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Hint A.5 Calculate the components of
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Give the x and y components of the electric field as an ordered pair. Express your answer in newtons per coulomb to three significant figures. ANSWER: = 0,0.300 Correct
Part B
An unknown additional charge is now placed at point B, located at coordinates (0 , 15.0 ).
Find the magnitude and sign of
needed to make the total electric field at point A equal to zero.

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Hint B.2 Determine the sign of the charge

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Hint B.3 Calculating the magnitude of the new charge

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Express your answer in nanocoulombs to three significant figures. ANSWER: = 0.300 Correct
Item 12
A point charge is placed at each corner of a square with side length . The charges all have the same magnitude . Two of the charges are positive and two are negative, as shown in the following figure.
Part A What is the direction of the net electric field at the center of the square? ANSWER: rightward direction leftward direction downward direction upward direction Correct
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Part B What is the magnitude of the net electric field at the center of the square due to the four charges in terms of and ? Express your answer in terms of the variables , , and appropriate constants. ANSWER:
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Item 13
A charged wire of negligible thickness has length units and has a linear charge density . Consider the electric field distance at the point ,a
above the midpoint of the wire.
Part A The field points along one of the primary axes. Which one?
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Part B What is the magnitude of the electric field at point ? Throughout this part, express your
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answers in terms of the constant
, defined by

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Hint B.3 A necessary integral

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Express your answer in terms of ANSWER: = Correct
, and .
Item 14
Positive charge is uniformly distributed around a semicircle of radius .
Part A Find the magnitude of the electric field at the center of curvature P. Express your answer in terms of the given quantities and appropriate constants.
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ANSWER: = Correct
Part B What is the direction of the electric field at the center of curvature P. ANSWER: downward upward Correct
Item 15
Frequently in physics, one makes simplifying approximations. A common one in electricity is the notion of infinite charged sheets. This approximation is useful when a problem deals with points whose distance from a finite charged sheet is small compared to the size of the sheet. In this problem, you will look at the electric field from two finite sheets and compare it to the results for infinite sheets to get a better idea of when this approximation is valid. Consider two thin disks, of negligible thickness, of radius oriented perpendicular to the x axis has positive
such that the x axis runs through the center of each disk. The disk centered at charge density , and the disk centered at has negative charge density , where the charge density is charge per unit area.
Part A What is the magnitude of the electric field at the point on the x axis with x coordinate ?
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Hint A.2 The magnitude of the electric field due to a single disk
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Hint A.3 Determine the general form of the electric field between the disks
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Express your answer in terms of , ANSWER: = Correct Notice that as approaches
, , and the permittivity of free space
, this expression approaches
, the result for two infinite
sheets. Also, note that the minimum value of the electric field, which corresponds in this case to the greatest deviation from the result for two infinite sheets, occurs halfway between the disks (i.e., at ).
Part B For what value of the ratio field at the point of plate radius to separation between the plates does the electric for infinite sheets?
on the x axis differ by 1 percent from the result
Hint B.1 Percent difference

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Express your answer to two significant figures. ANSWER: = 50 Correct
As mentioned above, this is the point on the x axis where the deviation from the result for two infinite sheets is greatest. A common component of electrical circuits called a capacitor is usually made from two thin charged sheets that are separated by a small distance. In such a capacitor, the ratio is far greater than 50. Based on your result, you can see that the infinite sheet approximation is quite good for a capacitor. This applet shows the electric field lines from a pair of finite plates (viewed edge-on). You can adjust the surface charge density. You can also move the test charge around and increase or decrease its charge to see what sort of force it would experience. Notice that the deviation from uniform electric field only becomes noticeable near the edges of the capacitor plates.
Item 16
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Each of the four parts of this problem depicts a motion diagram for a charged particle moving through a region of uniform electric field. For each part, draw a vector representing the direction of the electric field. Part A Hint A.1 Relationship between electric field and electric force
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Draw a vector representing the direction of the electric field. The orientation of the vector will be graded. The location and length of the vector will not be graded. ANSWER:
View Correct The motion diagram shows that the particle's acceleration points to the right. Because the particle has positive charge, the electric field should point to the right. Part B Hint B.1 Relationship between electric field and electric force
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View Correct The motion diagram shows that the particle's acceleration points to the right. Because the particle has negative charge, the electric field should point to the left. Part C Hint C.1 Relationship between electric field and electric force
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Part D Hint D.1 Relationship between electric field and electric force
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Draw a vector representing the direction of the electric field. The orientation of the vector
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will be graded. The location and length of the vector will not be graded. ANSWER:
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Item 17
An charge with mass is located at and charge is emitted from the origin, , where . A large, flat screen . In this problem, . There is a target on the screen at y position
you will examine two different ways that the charge might hit the target. Ignore gravity in this problem. Part A Assume that the charge is emitted with velocity in the positive x direction. Between the origin
and the screen, the charge travels through a constant electric field pointing in the positive y direction. What should the magnitude of the electric field be if the charge is to hit the target on the screen? Hint A.1 How to approach the problem
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Hint A.2 Find the equation of motion in the x direction

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Hint A.3 Find the equation of motion in the y direction

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Hint A.4 Combine Your Results

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Hint A.5 Find

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, ,
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Part B Now assume that the charge is emitted with velocity in the positive y direction. Between the
origin and the screen, the charge travels through a constant electric field pointing in the positive x direction. What should the magnitude of the electric field be if the charge is to hit the target on the screen? Hint B.1 How to approach the problem
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Hint B.2 Find the equation of motion in the y direction

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Hint B.3 Find the equation of motion in the x direction

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Hint B.4 Combine your results

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Hint B.5 Find

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, ,
, and
The equations of motion for this part are identical to the equations of motion for the previous part, with and interchanged. Thus it is no surprise that the answers to the two parts are also identical, with and interchanged.
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A uniform electric field exists in the region between two oppositely charged plane parallel plates. A proton is released from rest at the surface of the positively charged plate and strikes the surface of the opposite plate, 1.54 distant from the first, in a time interval of 1.46106 . Part A Find the magnitude of the electric field. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed
Part B Find the speed of the proton when it strikes the negatively charged plate. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed
Score Summary:
Your score on this assignment is 71%. You received 127.73 out of a possible total of 180 points.
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Electric Forces and Fields

Hint A.2 What is the net charge on ball B?

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repulsive neither attractive nor repulsive Correct

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Hint A.2 Charge at end A

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Hint A.1 The key property of conductors

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Hint A.2 How much charge moves to end A?

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Hint A.1 The key property of conductors

Hint A.2 How much charge moves to end A?

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Hint C.1 The rod is a grounded conductor

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Part A Identify the most appropriate xy coordinate system. ANSWER:

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you answer as a magnitude

Hint B.1 How to approach the problem

Hint B.2 Draw a free-body diagram

Hint B.3 Calculate the force on particle 3 due to particle 1

Hint B.4 Calculate the component forces on particle 3 due to particle 1

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EVALUATE your answer

Specifically, from Newton's 2nd law,

, you know that a mass accelerates in the same direction

move off in a direction less than

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Hint A.2 How many electrons per mole of aluminum?

Hint A.3 How many electrons per kilogram of aluminum?

Express your answer numerically. ANSWER: 7.251024 Correct

Express your answer numerically. ANSWER: 5.271015 Correct

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Submit written work for the following problem.

Part C What is the charge on the second sphere? ANSWER:

Submit written work for the following problem.

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depends on the product of the charges and the square of the

between the charges:

. The direction of the force is along the line connecting

Imagine an isolated positive point charge with a charge electron).

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Enter your answer numerically in newtons. ANSWER:

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Hint A.1 Description of the field

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In the following, take quantity.

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Hint A.2 Calculate the distance from each charge to point A

Hint A.3 Determine the directions of the electric fields

Hint A.4 Calculate the components of

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Hint A.5 Calculate the components of