A square metal plate of edge length 9.9 cm and negligible thickness has a total charge of 5.8 x 10-6 C. (a) Estimate the magnitude E of the electric field just off the center of the plate (at, say, a distance of 0.75 mm from the center) by assuming that the charge is spread uniformly over the two faces of the plate. (b) Estimate E at a distance of 45 m (large relative to the plate size) by assuming that the plate is a charged particle. (a) Number Units (b) Number Units

A square metal plate of edge length 9.9 cm and negligible thickness has a total charge of 5.8 x 10-6 C. (a) Estimate the magnitude E of the electric field just off the center of the plate (at, say, a distance of 0.75 mm from the center) by assuming that the charge is spread uniformly over the two faces of the plate. (b) Estimate E at a distance of 45 m (large relative to the plate size) by assuming that the plate is a charged particle. (a) Number Units (b) Number Units

College Physics

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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