course Phy 201 w}vnJЇWassignment #003
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16:15:00 In your own words explain the meaning of the electric field.
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RESPONSE --> An electric field surrounds every charged partical and exerts a force on nearby charges confidence assessment: 1
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16:16:02 STUDENT RESPONSE AND INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: electric field is the concentration of the electrical force ** That's a pretty good way to put it. Very specifically electric field measures the magnitude and direction of the electrical force, per unit of charge, that would be experienced by a charge placed at a given point. **
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RESPONSE --> ok self critique assessment: 3
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17:23:27 Query Principles of Physics and General Physics problem 16.15 charges 6 microC on diagonal corners, -6 microC on other diagonal corners of 1 m square; force on each. What is the magnitude and direction of the force on the positive charge at the lower left-hand corner?
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RESPONSE --> E = k (Q/r^2) = 5.4 *10^9 5.4 *10^9 *2 = 1.08 *10^10 Direction: 45 degrees confidence assessment: 1
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17:43:41 ** The charges which lie 1 meter apart are unlike and therefore exert attractive forces; these forces are each .324 Newtons. This is calculated using Coulomb's Law: F = 9 * 10^9 N m^2/C^2 * ( 6 * 10^-6 C) * ( 6 * 10^-6 C) / ( 1 m)^2 = 324 * 10^-3 N = .324 N. Charges across a diagonal are like and separated by `sqrt(2) meters = 1.414 meters, approx, and exert repulsive forces of .162 Newtons. This repulsive force is calculated using Coulomb's Law: F = 9 * 10^9 N m^2/C^2 * ( 6 * 10^-6 C) * ( 6* 10^-6 C) / ( 1.414 m)^2 = 162 * 10^-3 N = .162 N. The charge at the lower left-hand corner therefore experiences a force of .324 Newtons to the right, a force of .324 Newtons straight upward and a force of .162 Newtons at 45 deg down and to the left (at angle 225 deg with respect to the standard positive x axis, which we take as directed toward the right). This latter force has components Fy = .162 N sin(225 deg) = -.115 N, approx, and Fx = .162 N cos(225 deg) = -.115 N. The total force in the x direction is therefore -.115 N + .324 N = .21 N, approx; the total force in the y direction is -.115 N + .324 N = .21 N, approx. Thus the net force has magnitude `sqrt( (.21 N)^2 + (.21 N)^2) = .29 N at an angle of tan^-1( .21 N / .21 N) = tan^-1(1) = 45 deg. The magnitude and direction of the force on the negative charge at the lower right-hand corner is obtained by a similar analysis, which would show that this charge experiences forces of .324 N to the left, .324 N straight up, and .162 N down and to the right. The net force is found by standard vector methods to be about .29 N up and to the left. **
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RESPONSE --> I am so confused because I thought the 6. mC charge = 6 *10^-3. I don't know where 6*10^6 came from. And the distance is 0.1 m, not 1 m. AND I thought you were supposed to add the Q/r^s like this: k((Q1/R1^2) + (Q2/R2^2)). But you multiplied. What am I missing?? Also, I forgot to take the repulsive force into account. self critique assessment: 2
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