Shown in the figure below is a device used to detect the presence and sign of charge placed on a small ball. The small and very low mass ball (m= 0.00150 kg) is suspended by a string. When an electric field (E = 996 Newtons/Coulomb) is applied in the direction shown in the figure, the ball shifts to one side making an angle 8 = 17.2 degrees. Electric Field Determine the sign of the charge on the ball: O Positive O Negative O Neutral Determine the tension in the string: T= Determine the charge on the ball: Q= Charge = q Mass = m Newtons Coulombs

Shown in the figure below is a device used to detect the presence and sign of charge placed on a small ball. The small and very low mass ball (m= 0.00150 kg) is suspended by a string. When an electric field (E = 996 Newtons/Coulomb) is applied in the direction shown in the figure, the ball shifts to one side making an angle 8 = 17.2 degrees. Electric Field Determine the sign of the charge on the ball: O Positive O Negative O Neutral Determine the tension in the string: T= Determine the charge on the ball: Q= Charge = q Mass = m Newtons Coulombs

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Shown in the figure below is a device used to detect the presence and sign of charge placed on a small ball. The small and very low mass ball (m = 0.00150 kg) is suspended by a string. When an electric field (E = 996
Newtons/Coulomb) is applied in the direction shown in the figure, the ball shifts to one side making an angle 8 = 17.2 degrees.
Electric Field
Determine the sign of the charge on the ball:
O Positive
O Negative
O Neutral
Determine the tension in the string: T =
Determine the charge on the ball: Q =
Charge = q
Mass = m
Newtons
Coulombs
NOTE: Be careful with the sign of the answer in the final part of the question.

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