Review #1 Ch23-part-A- Electric Force

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1. An object carries a charge of 8.0 C, while another carries a charge of 2.0 C. How many electrons
must be transferred from the first object to the second so that both objects have the same charge?
Ans:1.88 x 1013

2. An object has a charge of 2.0 C. How many electrons must be removed so that the charge becomes
+3.0 C? Ans: 3.1 x 1013

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3. Four identical metallic objects carry the following charges: +1.6, +6.2, 4.8, and 9.4 C. The
objects are brought simultaneously into contact, so that each touches the others. Then they are
separated.
(a) What is the final charge on each object?
(b) How many electrons (or protons) make up the final charge on each object?
Ans: 1.6c, 1.0 x 1013 electrons

4. Four identical metal spheres have charges of qA = 8.0 C, qB = 2.0 C, qC = +5.0 C, and qD =
+12.0 C.
(a) Two of the spheres are brought together so they touch, and then they are separated. Which spheres are
they, if the final charge on each one is +5.0 C?
(b) In a similar manner, which three spheres are brought together and then separated, if the final charge on
each of the three is +3.0 C?

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5. The force of repulsion that two like charges exert on each other is 3.5 N. What will the force be if the
distance between the charges is increased to five times its original value? Ans: 0.14 N

6. Two small objects, A and B, are fixed in place and separated by 3.00 cm in a vacuum. Object A has a charge
of +1.50 C, and object B has a charge of 1.50 C. How many electrons must be removed from A and put
onto B to make the electrostatic force that acts on each object an attractive force whose magnitude is 68.0 N?
Ans: 6.90 x 1012

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7. In the figure, what is the magnitude and direction of the net electrostatic force on q1? Ans: 5.7 N

8. The figure shows three point charges that lie in the x, y plane in a vacuum. Find the magnitude
and direction of the net electrostatic force on q1. Ans: 23N, = 24o

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9. The drawing shows three point charges arranged in three different ways. The charges
are +q, q, and q; each has the same magnitude, with one positive and the other two negative. In each of
the arrangements the distance d is the same. Rank the arrangements in descending order (largest first)
according to the magnitude of the net electrostatic force that acts on the positive charge. (Support your answer
with reasoning)

10. Three point charges have equal magnitudes and are fixed to the corners of an equilateral triangle
Two of the charges are positive and one is negative, as the drawing shows. At which one of the
corners is the net force acting on the charge directed parallel to the x axis?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Both A & B
(e) None

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11. A point charge Q is placed at the origin. A second charge, 2Q, is placed on the x axis at x = 3.0 m.
If Q = 50 C, what is the magnitude of the electrostatic force on a third point charge, Q, placed on the y axis
at y = +4.0 m? Ans: 3.0 N

12. If a = 3.0 mm, b = 4.0 mm, Q1 = 60 nC, Q2 = 80 nC, and q = 24 nC in the figure, what is the magnitude of
the total electric force on q? Ans: 1.5 N

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13. Two charges Q1 and Q2 are placed on the x-axis, at x = 0 and x = 2 cm, respectively, as shown in the
figure. The charge Q2 = 5.5 C, whereas Q1 is not known. A third charge q = +4.5 C is placed a
distance x = 3 cm from the origin, on the x-axis. What must the value of Q1 be such that the force on
q due to charges 1 and 2 is zero? Ans: - 50C

14. In the figure, charge q1 = 3.1 10-6 C is placed at the origin and charge q2 = -8.7 10-6 C is placed
on the x-axis, at x = -0.20 m. Where along the x-axis can a third charge Q = -8.3 C be placed such that
the resultant force on this third charge is zero? Ans: 0.30 m

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15. In the figure, a small spherical insulator of mass 6.00 10-2 kg and charge +0.400 C is hung by a
thin wire of negligible mass. A charge of -0.220 C is held 0.290 m away from the sphere and directly to
the right of it, so the wire makes an angle with the vertical, as shown. What is the angle ? (k = 1/40
= 8.99 109 N m2/C2). Ans: 0.917

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Review #2 Ch23-part-B- Electric Field

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1. A +20 nC point charge is placed on the x axis at x = 2.0 m , and a 25 nC point charge is placed on the y axis
at y = 3.0 m. What is the direction of the electric field at the origin? Ans: 209o

2. If a = 60 cm, b = 80 cm, Q = 6.0 nC, and q = 6.0 nC, what is the magnitude of the electric field at point P in
the figure? Ans: 52 N/C

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3. A 40 C charge is positioned on the x axis at x = 4.0 cm. Where should a 60 C charge be placed to produce a net
electric field of zero at the origin? Ans: 4.9 cm

4. A charge Q2 of 50 C is placed on the y axis at y = 3.0 cm and a Q1= 77 C charge is placed on the x
axis at x = 4.0 cm. If both charges are held fixed, what is the magnitude of the initial acceleration of an
electron released from rest at the origin? Ans: 1.2 1020 m/s2

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5. If a = 60 cm, b = 80 cm, Q = 4.0 nC, and q = 1.5 nC, what is the magnitude of the electric field at point P?
Ans: 68 N/C

6. If a = 60 cm, b = 80 cm, Q = 6.0 nC, and q = 3.0 nC in the figure, what is the magnitude of the electric field
at point P? Ans: 53 N/C

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7. Four charged particles are at the corners of a square of side a as shown in the figure
(a) Determine the magnitude and direction of the electric field at the location of charge q.
(b) What is the total electric force magnitude and direction exerted on q?
Ans: a) 5.91kq/a2 at 58.8o

8. In Figure P23.12, determine the point (other than infinity) at which the electric field is zero.
Ans: 1.82 m, could be to the right or to the left of the negative charge. You choose the answer and
explain why.

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9. Consider the linear, uniform charge distribution shown. Determine the direction of the electric
field at the origin.
(a) A vector into quadrant I
(b) A vector into quadrant II
(c) A vector into quadrant III
(d) A vector into quadrant IV

10. In the figure, a ring 0.71 m in radius carries a charge of + 580 nC uniformly distributed over it.
A point charge Q is placed at the center of the ring. The electric field is equal to zero at field point
P, which is on the axis of the ring, and 0.73 m from its center. What is magnitude of the point charge
Q ? Ans: - 214nC

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11. A rod (length = 2.0 m) is uniformly charged and has a total charge of 40 nC. What is the magnitude
of the electric field at a point which lies along the axis of the rod and is 3.0 m from the center of the
rod? Ans: 45N/C

12. A long nonconducting cylinder (radius = 12 cm) has a charge of uniform density (5.0 nC/m3)

distributed throughout its volume. Determine the magnitude of the electric field 15 cm from the axis
of the cylinder. Ans: 27N/C

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13. A uniform linear charge of 3.0 nC/m is distributed along the y axis from y = 3 m to y = 2m. What is
the magnitude of the electric field at y = 4 m on the y axis? Ans: 9.64 N/C

14. A charge of 80 nC is uniformly distributed along the x axis from x = 0 to x = 2.0 m. Determine the magnitude of
the electric field at a point on the x axis with x = 8.0 m. Ans: 15 N/C

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15. A rod (length = 2.0 m) is uniformly charged and has a total charge of 40 nC. What is the magnitude of the
electric field at a point which lies along the axis of the rod and is 3.0 m from the center of the rod? Ans: 45 N/C

16. A 16-nC charge is distributed uniformly along the x axis from x = 0 to x = 4 m. Which of the following integrals
is correct for the magnitude (in N/C) of the electric field at x = +10 m on the x axis?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e. none of these

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17. A uniform linear charge of 2.0 nC/m is distributed along the x axis from x = 0 to x = 3 m. Which of the
following integrals is correct for the y component of the electric field at y = 4 m on the y axis?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e. none of these

16. A uniformly charged rod (length = 2.0 m, charge per unit length = 5.0 nC/m) is bent to form one quadrant of a
circle. What is the magnitude of the electric field at the center of the circle? Ans: 50 N/C

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17. A Positive charge is distributed none uniformly around a quarter-circle with =ocos2,
where o = 5.0 nC/m and of radius R = 2.0 m that lies in the first quadrant, with the center of
curvature at the origin. Find the total charge on the arc. Ans: 7.85nC

18. A uniformly charged rod (length = 2.0 m, charge per unit length = 3.0 nC/m) is bent to form a semicircle. What
is the magnitude of the electric field at the center of the circle? Ans: 85 N/C

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19. A particle (q = 3.0 mC, m = 20 g) has a speed of 20 m/s when it enters a region where the electric field has a
constant magnitude of 80 N/C and a direction which is the same as the velocity of the particle. What is the speed
of the particle 3.0 s after it enters this region? Ans: 56 m/s

20. A proton is projected in the positive x- direction into a region of a uniform electric field = 6.00 x
105 N/C at t = 0. The proton travels 7.00 cm as it comes to rest. Determine (a) the acceleration of the
proton, (b) its initial speed, and (c) the time interval over which the proton comes to rest
= 5.76 x 1013 m/s2 b)
= 2.84 x 106 m/s c) 4.93 x 10-8 s
Ans: a)

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21. A proton is projected in the positive x- direction into a region of a uniform electric field
= 6.00 x 105 N/C at t = 0. The proton travels 7.00 cm as it comes to rest. Determine
(a) The acceleration of the proton,
(b) Its initial speed, and
(c) The time interval over which the proton comes to rest
= 5.76 x 1013 m/s2 b)
= 2.84 x 106 m/s c) 4.93 x 10-8 s
Ans: a)

22. charged cork ball of mass 1.00 g is suspended on a light string in the presence of a uniform electric
= (3.00 + 5.00) 105 /, the ball is in equilibrium at
field as shown in Figure P23.45. When
= 37.0. Find
(a) the charge on the ball and
(b) the tension in the string.
Ans: a) 1.09 x 10-8 C b) 5.43 x 10-3 N

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23. A point charge ( m=1.0g) at the end of an insulating cord of length 55 cm is observed to be in
equilibrium in a uniform horizontal electric field of 12,000N/C, when the pendulums position is as shown
in Fig. 1666, with the charge 12 cm above the lowest (vertical) position. If the field points to the right in
the figure, determine the magnitude and sign of the point charge. Ans: 6.65 x 10-7 C

24. A particle (q = 4.0 mC, m = 50 g) has a velocity of 25 m/s in the positive x direction when it first enters a
region where the electric field is uniform (60 N/C in the positive y direction). What is the speed of the particle 5.0
s after it enters this region? Ans: 35 m/s

E= 60N/C
v= 25m/s

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25. A small block of mass m and charge Q is placed on an insulated, frictionless, inclined plane of angle
as in in the figure below. An electric field is applied parallel to the incline. If m =5.40 g, Q = 7.00 C,
and =25.0o, determine the magnitude and the direction of the electric field that enables the block to
remain at rest on the incline. Ans: 3.19 x 103 N/C

26. A negatively charged particle 2q is placed at the center of a uniformly charged ring, where the ring has
a total positive charge Q as shown in the figure below. The particle, confined to move along the x axis, is
moved a small distance x along the axis (where x << a) and released. Show that the particle oscillates in
simple harmonic motion with a frequency given by

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27. A pair of charged conducting plates produces a uniform field of 12,000 N/C, directed to the right,
between the plates. The separation of the plates is 40 mm. An electron is projected from plate A, directly
toward plate B, with an initial velocity of v0 = 1.0 107 m/s, as shown in the figure. (e = 1.60 10-19 C,
0 = 8.85 10-12 C2/N m2, mel = 9.11 10-31 kg). What is the distance of closest approach of the
electron to plate B ? Ans: 16 mm

28. A long, thin rod parallel to the y-axis is located at x = -1.0 cm and carries a uniform linear charge
density of +1.0 nC/m. A second long, thin rod parallel to the z-axis is located at x = +1.0 cm and carries a
uniform linear charge density of -1.0 nC/m. What is the net electric field due to these rods at the origin?
(0 = 8.85 10-12 C2/N m2) Ans: (3.6 103 N/C)

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29. Two thin non-conducting sheets of charges A and B, as shown in the figure below, are parallel and
vertical. The sheets have surface charge densities of A= 3.8 nC/m2 and B = 1.9 nC/m2 respectively.
Find the ratio (E2/E1) of the magnitude of the electric field in region 2 to that in region 1. Ans: 3

30. A helium nucleus is located between the two charged parallel-plates (capacitor) as shown. The
nucleus has a charge of +2e and a mass of 6.6 1027 kg. What is the magnitude of the electric
field such that the electric force exactly balances the weight of the helium nucleus so that it
remains stationary? Ans: 2.0 x10-7 N/C

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31. Two infinite parallel surfaces carry uniform charge densities of 0.20 nC/m2 and 0.60 nC/m2. What is
the magnitude of the electric field at a point between the two surfaces? Ans: 45 N/C

32. An electron starts from rest at a point 20 cm from a positively charged conducting plate, with a
surface charge density
. The electron is attracted to the plate until it collides with the
plate. With what speed will the electron collide with plate? Ans:

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