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course Phys 202

8:49 PM 10-17-09

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Question: `qIn your own words explain the meaning of the electric field.

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Your solution:

An electric field is the Force exerted on a positive test charge that is placed at that point divided by the magnitude of that test charge.

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Given Solution:

`aSTUDENT 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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Question: `qQuery 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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Your solution:

Force = k q1q2/r^2

If corners are labeled as follows: 1= top left corner, 2 = bottom left, 3 = top right, and 4 = bottom right

Force at bottom left corner (2):

Need to get the Fx1 value and the Fy1 value

Fx1 = F2,4 + F2,3x

K (q2)(q4)/r^2 + k (q2)(q3)cos(theta)

(9*10^9 Nm^2/C^2)(-6*10^-6 C)( 6*10^-6 C)/(1m)^2 + (9*10^9 Nm^2/C^2)(-6*10^-6 C)( 6*10^-6 C)/(1.41m)^2 cos(45 degrees)

Note: a^2 + b^2 = c^2 1 m ^2 + 1 m^2 = c ^ 2 c= 1.41 m (distance from 2 to 3)

-0.324 N + -0.115 N = -0.209 N

Fy1 = F2,4 + F2,3y

K (q2)(q4)/r^2 + k (q2)(q3)cos(theta)

(9*10^9 Nm^2/C^2)(-6*10^-6 C)( 6*10^-6 C)/(1m)^2 + (9*10^9 Nm^2/C^2)(-6*10^-6 C)( 6*10^-6 C)/(1.41m)^2 sin(45 degrees)

-0.324 N + -0.115 N = -0.209 N

F = square root (Fx^2 + Fy^2)

F = square root (-.209^2 + -.209^2) = 0.296 N

Tan(theta) = Fy/Fx

Tan (theta) = -.209/-.209 = 45 degrees

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Given Solution:

`a** 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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Question: `qquery university physics 21.68 (22.52 10th edition) 5 nC at the origin, -2 nC at (4 cm, 0).

If 6 nC are placed at (4cm, 3cm), what are the components of the resulting force?

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Question: `qQuery univ phy 21.76 (10th edition 22.60) quadrupole (q at (0,a), (0, -a), -2q at origin).

For y > a what is the magnitude and direction of the electric field at (0, y)?

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Question: `qquery univ 22.102 annulus in yz plane inner radius R1 outer R2, charge density `sigma.What is a total electric charge on the annulus?

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