Below is a depiction of one type of adjustable dial. This dial is essentially a thin rod with a charged sphere on the end, seated inside an electric field. The sphere between these plates has a charge of −2.3 µC and the thin rod can be approximated as a string with tension 0.350 N, at an angle of 15° as shown below. a) What is the mass of the charged ball? g b) What is the magnitude of the electric field between the plates?

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Below is a depiction of one type of adjustable dial. This dial is essentially a thin rod with a charged sphere on the end, seated inside an electric field. The sphere between these plates has a charge of −2.3 µC and the thin rod can be approximated as a string with tension 0.350 N, at an angle of 15° as shown below.

a) What is the mass of the charged ball? g

b) What is the magnitude of the electric field between the plates?
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Given  charge of sphere q=-2.3uc

     Tension T=0.35N

      Angle theta =15°

We have to find mass and magnitude of electric field.

 

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