A friend is working on a biology experiment and needs to create an electric field of magnitude 430 N/C at a distance of 10 cm from the central portion of a large nonconducting square plate 4.5 m on each side. She needs to know how much charge to put on the plate. What do you tell her?

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NOTE: This question involves Gauss's Law. I would think one would use the following formula: Φ = qen0. I'm just not sure how to find Φ to solve for qen in Φ = qen0. I'm not given an angle, so I can't use this formula: Φ = EAcosΘ. Help would be appreciated. 

A friend is working on a biology experiment and needs to create an electric field of
magnitude 430 N/C at a distance of 10 cm from the central portion of a large
nonconducting square plate 4.5 m on each side. She needs to know how much charge to
put on the plate. What do you tell her?
Transcribed Image Text:A friend is working on a biology experiment and needs to create an electric field of magnitude 430 N/C at a distance of 10 cm from the central portion of a large nonconducting square plate 4.5 m on each side. She needs to know how much charge to put on the plate. What do you tell her?
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The given data we have:

Electric field required: 430 N/C.

Distance of the point at which the electric field is required from the central portion of the plate: 10cm = 0.1m

Length of the side of the square: 4.5m

The objective of the question is to calculate the amount of charge required to the put on the plate to generate the required electric filed.

 

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