course Phys 122 assignment #004004.
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18:54:05 Query introductory set #1, 10-17 Explain how to find the potential difference in volts between two given points on the x axis, due to a given charge at the origin.
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RESPONSE --> Potential difference is the work per Coulomb of charge moved between the two points. To find potential difference of work you can multiply the average force on a Coulomb of charge by the displacement from the first point to the second point. confidence assessment:
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18:54:37 ** Potential difference is the work per Coulomb of charge moved between the two points. To find this work you can multiply the average force on a Coulomb of charge by the displacement from the first point to the second. You can find an approximate average force by finding the force on a 1 Coulomb test charge at the two points and averaging the two forces. Multiplying this ave force by the displacement gives an approximate potential difference. Since the force is not a linear function of distance from the given charge, if the ratio of the two distances from the test charge is not small the approximation won't be particularly good. The approximation can be improved to any desired level of accuracy by partitioning the displacement between charges into smaller intervals of displacement and calculating the work done over each. The total work required is found by adding up the contributions from all the subintervals. University Physics students should understand how this process yields the exact w ""ork, which is the integral of the force function F(x) = k Q / x^2 between the two x values, yielding total work W = k * Q * 1 Coulomb ( 1 / x1 - 1 / x2) and potential difference V = k * Q ( 1 / x1 - 1 / x2). **
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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18:58:07 Explain how to find the potential difference between two points given the magnitude and direction of the uniform electric field between those points.
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RESPONSE --> V=E*Displacement. The work per Coulomb between the two points is equal to the product of the electric field. confidence assessment: 2
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18:58:14 ** The work per Coulomb done between the two points is equal to the product of the electric field E and the displacement `dr. Thus for constant field E we have V = E * `dr. **
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 3
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19:00:20 Explain how to find the average electric field between two points given a specific charge and the work done on the charge by the electric field as the charge moves between the points.
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RESPONSE --> You get avgerage electric field from work and charge: Eavg = F / q confidence assessment: 2
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19:00:31 ** You get ave force from work and distance: F_ave = `dW / `ds. You get ave electric field from work and charge: E_ave = F / q. An alternative: Find potential difference `dV = `dW / q. Ave electric field is Eave = `dV / `ds **
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 2
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19:01:21 In your own words explain the meaning of voltage.
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RESPONSE --> Work done per unit of charge in moving charge from one point to the next, is voltage. confidence assessment: 2
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19:01:25 ** Voltage is the work done per unit of charge in moving charge from one point to another. **
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 3
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19:01:47 Query problem 16.32. field 745 N/C midway between two equal and opposite point charges separated by 16 cm. What is the magnitude of each charge?
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RESPONSE --> N/A confidence assessment:
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19:01:53 ** If the magnitude of the charge is q then the field contribution of each charge is k q / r^2, with r = 8 cm = .08 meters. Since both charges contribute equally to the field, with the fields produced by both charges being in the same direction (on a ny test charge at the midpoint one force is of repulsion and the other of attraction, and the charges are on opposite sides of the midpoint), the field of either charge has magnitude 1/2 (745 N/C) = 373 N/C. Thus E = 373 N/C and E = k q / r^2. We know k, E and r so we solve for q to obtain q = E * r^2 / k = 373 N/C * (.08 m)^2 / (9 * 10^9 N m^2 / C^2) = 373 N/C * .0064 m^2 / (9 * 10^9 N m^2 / C^2) = 2.6 * 10^-10 C, approx. **
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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19:02:35 If the charges are represented by Q and -Q, what is the electric field at the midpoint?
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RESPONSE --> N/A confidence assessment: 3
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19:02:40 ** this calls for a symbolic expression in terms of the symbol Q. The field would be 2 k Q / r^2, where r=.08 meters and the factor 2 is because there are two charges of magnitude Q both at the same distance from the point. **
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 3
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19:02:47 query univ 22.30 (10th edition 23.30). Cube with faces S1 in xz plane, S2 top, S3 right side, S4 bottom, S5 front, S6 back on yz plane. E = -5 N/(C m) x i + 3 N/(C m) z k. What is the flux through each face of the cube, and what is the total charge enclosed by the cube?
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RESPONSE --> N/A confidence assessment: 3
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19:02:54 **** Advance correction of a common misconception: Flux is not a vector quantity so your flux values will not be multiples of the i, j and k vectors. The vectors normal to S1, S2, ..., S6 are respectively -j, k, j, -k, i and -i. For any face the flux is the dot product of the field with the normal vector, multiplied by the area. The area of each face is (.3 m)^2 = .09 m^2 So we have: For S1 the flux is (-5 x N / (C m) * i + 3 z N / (C m) k ) dot (-j) * .09 m^2 = 0. For S2 the flux is (-5 x N / (C m) * i + 3 z N / (C m) k ) dot ( k) * .09 m^2 = 3 z N / (C m) * .09 m^2. For S3 the flux is (-5 x N / (C m) * i + 3 z N / (C m) k ) dot ( j) * .09 m^2 = 0. For S4 the flux is (-5 x N / (C m) * i + 3 z N / (C m) k ) dot (-k) * .09 m^2 = -3 z N / (C m) * .09 m^2. For S5 the flux is (-5 x N / (C m) * i + 3 z N / (C m) k ) dot ( i) * .09 m^2 = -5 x N / (C m) * .09 m^2. For S6 the flux is (-5 x N / (C m) * i + 3 z N / (C m) k ) dot (-i) * .09 m^2 = 5 x N / (C m) * .09 m^2. On S2 and S4 we have z = .3 m and z = 0 m, respectively, giving us flux .027 N m^2 / C on S2 and flux 0 on S4. On S5 and S6 we have x = .3 m and x = 0 m, respectively, giving us flux -.045 N m^2 / C on S5 and flux 0 on S6. The total flux is therefore .027 N m^2 / C - .045 N m^2 / C = -.018 N m^2 / C. Since the total flux is 4 pi k Q, where Q is the charge enclosed by the surface, we have 4 pi k Q = -.018 N m^2 / C and Q = -.018 N m^2 / C / (4 pi k) = -.018 N m^2 / C / (4 pi * 9 * 10^9 N m^2 / C^2) = -1.6 * 10^-13 C, approx. **
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19:03:09 query univ 22.37 (23.27 10th edition) Spherical conducting shell inner radius a outer b, concentric with larger conducting shell inner radius c outer d. Total charges +2q, +4q. Give your solution.
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RESPONSE --> N/A confidence assessment:
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19:03:15 ** The electric field inside either shell must be zero, so the charge enclosed by any sphere concentric with the shells and lying within either shell must be zero, and the field is zero for a < r < b and for c < r < d. Thus the total charge on the inne ""r surface of the innermost shell is zero, since this shell encloses no charge. The entire charge 2q of the innermost shell in concentrated on its outer surface. For any r such that b < r < c the charge enclosed by the corresponding sphere is the 2 q of the innermost shell, so that the electric field is 4 pi k * 2q / r^2 = 8 pi k q / r^2. Considering a sphere which encloses the inner but not the outer surface of the second shell we see that this sphere must contain the charge 2q of the innermost shell. Since this sphere is within the conducting material the electric field on this sphere is zero and the net flux thru this sphere is zero. Thus the total charge enclosed by this sphere is zero. Since the charge enclosed by the sphere includes the 2q of the innermost shell, the sphere must also enclose a charge -2 q, which by symmetry must be evenly distributed on the inner surface of the second shell. Any sphere which encloses both shells must enclose the total charge of both shells, which is 6q. Since we have 2q on the innermost shell and -2q on the inner surface of the second shell the charge on the outer surface of this shell must be 6 q. For any r such that d < r the charge enclosed by the corresponding sphere is the 6 q of the two shells, so that the electric field is 4 pi k * 6q / r^2 = 24 pi k q / r^2. **
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RESPONSE --> N/A self critique assessment:
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19:03:21 query univ 23.46 (23.34 10th edition). Long conducting tube inner radius a, outer b. Lin chg density `alpha. Line of charge, same density along axis.
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RESPONSE --> N/A confidence assessment:
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19:03:28 **The Gaussian surfaces appropriate to this configuration are cylinders of length L which are coaxial with the line charge. The symmetries of the situation dictate that the electric field is everywhere radial and hence that the field passes through the curved surface of each cylinder at right angle to that surface. The surface area of the curved portion of any such surface is 2 pi r L, where r is the radius of the cylinder. For r < a the charge enclosed by the Gaussian surface is L * alpha so that the flux is charge enclosed = 4 pi k L * alpha and the electric field is electric field = flux / area = 4 pi k L * alpha / (2 pi r L ) = 2 k alpha / r. For a < r < b, a Gaussian surface of radius r lies within the conductor so the field is zero (recall that if the field wasn't zero, the free charges inside the conductor would move and we wouldn't be in a steady state). So the net charge enclosed by this surface is zero. Since the line charge enclosed by the surface is L * alpha, the inner surface of the conductor must therefore contain the equal and opposite charge -L * alpha, so that the inner surface carries charge density -alpha. For b < r the Gaussian surface encloses both the line charge and the charge of the cylindrical shell, each of which has charge density alpha, so the charge enclosed is 2 L * alpha and the electric field is radial with magnitude 4 pi k * 2 L * alpha / (2 pi r L ) = 4 k alpha / r. Since the enclosed charge that of the line charge (L * alpha) as well as the inner surface of the shell (L * (-alpha) ), which the entire system carries charge L * alpha, we have line charge + charge on inner sphere + charge on outer sphere = alpha * L, we have alpha * L - alpha * L + charge on outer sphere = alpha * L, so charge on outer sphere = 2 alpha * L, so the outer surface of the shell has charge density 2 alpha. **
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