Two spheres of equal diameters have a =15 uC Charge and -10 uC charge. If they are placed 5.0 cm apart, what would be the force of attraction between them?

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  • Two spheres of equal diameters have a =15 uC Charge and -10 uC charge. If they are placed 5.0 cm apart, what would be the force of attraction between them?

 

  • The two spheres in problem 1 are moved toward each other until they touch and then are placed 5.0 cm apart again. What force exist between them now, and how much?

 

  • A charge of 0.50 uC is placed in an electrostatic field whose intensity is 4.0 x 105 N/C. How strong is the force acting in the charge?

 

  • Two spheres each with a mass od 0.15g are hung from a common point on silk threads of equal lengths. When charged with equal charges, the spheres repel each other, and make an angle of 15o . What is the force of repulsion on each sphere? (Hint: Draw a vector diagram and look for the horizontal component of the force on one thread.)

 

  • A resistance of 18 ohms is across a 3-V battery. What is the current in the circuit?

 

  • Resistance of 3 and 6 ohms are connected in series with a battery consisting of dry cells of 1.5 voltage each. If the ammeter reads 0.5 ampere,
  1. What is the total potential difference supplied by the battery?
  2. How many dry cells are in the battery?
  3. Using the number of dry cells in b, the system was rearranged so that only 0.167 ampere was flowing through the circuit. Draw a diagram of the system.

 

  • A lamp with a filament resistance of 230 ohms is switched on at peak hours when the voltage is only 210 volts.
  1. How much current is passing through the lamp?
  2. Later in the night, the voltage rises to 220 volts. How many amperes in the lamp now using?
  3. What filament resistance should a lamp have if the voltage was raised to 230 volts but the same current in b was used?

 

  • Given the following system, calculate the
  • 1.Resistance of the entire circuit Rr
  • 2.Battery current I

 

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