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Physics 72 Recit 21-2 Solutions

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Recit Teacher: Recit section: TWHFV-
Instructions: Encircle the letter of the best answer for multiple choice questions. For problem solving questions
answer the problems completely.
1. Adidas. Consider three parallel innitely long wires with linear
charge density as shown in the gure below. The wires are coplanar
and separated by a distance a from the next. What is the electric
eld at a point on the bottom wire?
A. k/a, upward
B. k/a, downward
C. 3k/a, upward
D. 3k/a, downward
E. Zero
Solution: Let positive be upward:
2k
2a
+
2k
a
2. Trajectory. A negative point charge with initial velocity v
0
enters a region of
uniform electric eld directed downward as shown. Which trajectory would the
charge most likely follow as it traverses the electric eld?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Solution: Electric force on a negative charge is opposite the electric eld.
3. Density. Consider three innite (nonconducting) sheets of charge placed side by
side as with their cross-sections shown below. The left (L) and right (R) sheets
have surface charge densities + and , respectively. The charge density of
sheet M located in between L and R is not known. It was found that the net
force on a test charge placed at point P is zero. What is the net charge density
in sheet M?
A.
B. +
C. 2
D. +2
E. Zero
Solution: eld due to L at P:

, to the right
eld due to R at P:

, to the right
hence for the eld at P to be zero, D should be the answer
4. Two Point Charges. Two point charges are located at (a, 0) and
(a, 0) with charges q and +q respectively. What is the electric eld
at point (0, a)?
A.
kq

2a
2
B.
kq

2a
2
C.
kq

2a
2
+
kq

2a
2
D.
kq

2a
2
+
kq

2a
2
E.
kq

2a
2

kq

2a
2
Solution: E
+
=
kq
(a

2)
2
(

2
2

i +

2
2

j)
E
+
=
kq
(a

2)
2
(

2
2

2
2

j)
y-components cancel
E
net
=
kq
(a

2)
2
(

i)
5. Electric elds. The magnitude of the electric eld due to a 4-nC point charge located at the origin is 9.0 N/C
at x = 2.0 m. What is the magnitude of the electric eld at x = 1.0 m?
A. -9.0 N/C B. -18 N/C C. zero D. 18 N/C E. 36 N/C
Solution: E = kQ/r
2
Er
2
= kQ(9 N/C)(2 m)
2
= E (1 m)
2
6. Charge Distribution. The electric eld lines of a charge distribution
are given in the gures. What is a possible charge distribution?
A. A point charge.
B. A dipole.
C. A uniformly charged
ring.
D. An innite uniform
line of charge.
E. An innite uniformly
charged sheet.
Solution: The electric eld lines of a positive point charge is radially going outward.
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7. Torque on the Dipole. Consider an electric dipole immersed in a
uniform external electric eld as shown in the gure. What would
be the direction of the torque on the dipole?
A. Into the page/paper
B. Out of the page/paper
C. Upwards or in the
same direction with
the electric eld
D. Downwards or in the
opposite the direction
of the electric eld
E. In the same direction
with the dipole mo-
ment
Solution: Torque is the cross product of the dipole moment and the electric eld. The students need just
to use the right hand rule to answer this question.
8. Massive Point Charge. A negative point charge is in a uniform vertical electric eld. If the electric force F
E
due to the eld and the force due to gravity F
G
are the only forces acting on the point charge which of the
following should be satised so the point charge will accelerate upward?
A. Electric eld should point upward; |F
E
| > |F
G
|
B. Electric eld should point downward; |F
E
| > |F
G
|
C. Electric eld should point upward; |F
E
| < |F
G
|
D. Electric eld should point downward; |F
E
| < |F
G
|
E. Electric eld should point downward; |F
E
| = |F
G
|
Solution: Because we have a negative charge, an electric eld pointing downward will result to an up-
ward electric force. For the negative charge to not accelerate downward,
9. Electric elds. Charges are placed on the corner of a square of side 2d as
shown in the gure. What is the magnitude of the electric eld at the center of
the square?
A.
kq
2d
2
B.
kq
d
2
C. zero
D.
kq
d
2
E.
kq
2d
2
Solution: Electric eld due to the two positive charges will cancel out as well as due to the two negative
charges.
10. Tamaba. Which of the following statements is always true for an electric dipole placed in a uniform electric
eld?
A. The net electric force is always zero.
B. The net torque is always zero.
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C. The net electric force is never zero.
D. The net torque is never zero.
E. Both the net torque and the net electric force depends on the dipole moment.
Solution: denition
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