If steps are not taken to ground a gasoline pump, static electricity can be placed on gasoline when filling your car’s tank.Suppose a tiny drop of gasoline has a mass of 4.00×10–15 kg and is given a positive charge of 3.20×10–19 C . (a) Find the weight of the drop.                                                                        (b) Calculate the electric force on the drop if there is an upward electric field of strength 3.00×105 N/C due to other static electricity in the vicinity.(c) Calculate the drop’s acceleration.

Q: A 4.30 nC charge is located at the origin. What is the electric field at (x, y) = (6.30 cm, 7.00…

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Q: Two charges lie in a line along the x axis. Charge 1 is q, = 1.3 C and charge 2 is q: = 2.. each a…

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Q: You pull your t-shirt out of the washing machine and note that 1538 particles have become attached,…

A: Given total particles attached T=1538 Net charge on shirt is q= −3.55  x10-17 C. We know a proton…

Q: Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at one corner of a square 2.42 m on a side if the…

A: We know that the electric charge on the corner of the square is 2.42 m on a side if  charges occupy…

Q: You have 3 charges, each with magnitude 78 μC. One charge sits at (x,y)=(0,0) one at (x,y)=(0.9,0),…

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Q: Two identical charged metal balls with in masses m1 = m2 = 0.2 kg each are at a certain distance…

A: Electrostatic energy: When the test charge q1 placed in the medium it is having its own electric…

Q: Red blood cells can often be charged. Consider two red blood cells with the following charges: -22.2…

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Q: You pull your t-shirt out of the washing machine and note that 1471 particles have become attached,…

A: Let Np is the number of protron and Ne is the number of electrons. The charge of protron qp=…

Q: An electric field of magnitude 5.25 ✕ 105 N/C points due east at a certain location. Find the…

A: Given Data:- The magnitude of the electric field is E = 5.25 ✕ 105 N/C. The charge is Q = −6.25 μC.

Q: The cockroach Periplaneta americana can detect a static electric field of magnitude 6.00 kN/C using…

A: Given:- The magnitude of the electric field is E=6×103 N/C. The electric force is F = 5.50 μN Find:-…

Electric Charges and Fields

One of the fundamental properties is the electromagnetic property. Charge cannot be destroyed by any process and this contributes formally to the law of charge conservation.