UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, VOL.2 (OER)16th EditionOpenStax Publisher: XANEDU CISBN: 2810022325764
UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, VOL.2 (OER)
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Problem 5.1CYU:
Check Your Understanding What would be different if the election also had a positive charge?Problem 5.4CYU:
Check Your Understanding How would the strategy change to calculate the at a point a distance z...Problem 5.5CYU:
Check Your Understanding How would the above limit change with a uniformly rectangle instead of a...Problem 5.6CYU:
Check Your Understanding the electric field 100k like in a system with two parallel positively...Problem 1CQ:
There are very large numbers of charged particles in most objects. Why, then, don't most objects...Problem 2CQ:
Why do most objects tend to contain nearly equal numbers of positive and negative charges?Problem 3CQ:
A positively charged It'd attracts a small piece of cork. (a) Can we conclude that the cork is...Problem 4CQ:
Two bodies attract each other electrically. Do they both have to be charged? Answer the same...Problem 5CQ:
How would you determine whether the charge on a particular rod is positive or negative?Problem 6CQ:
An eccentlic inventor attempts to levitate a cork ball by wrapping it isith foil and placing a large...Problem 7CQ:
When a glass rod is lubbed with silk, it becomes positive and the silk becomes negative—yet both...Problem 8CQ:
Why does a car always attract dust right after it is polished? (Note that car wax and car tires are...Problem 10CQ:
While walking on a mg, a person frequently becomes charged because of the tubbing between his shoes...Problem 11CQ:
Compare charging by conduction to charging by induction.Problem 12CQ:
Small pieces of tissue are attracted to a charged comb. Soon after stirlrinp to the comb, the pieces...Problem 13CQ:
Trucks that cany gasoline often have chains dangling from their undercaniages and blushing ground....Problem 15CQ:
Why do some clothes cling together after being removed from the clothes dryer? Does this happen if...Problem 16CQ:
Can induction be used to produce charge on an insulator?Problem 17CQ:
Suppose someone tells you that rubbing quartz with cotton cloth produces a third kind of charge on...Problem 18CQ:
A handheld copper rod does not acquire a charge when you rub it with a cloth. Explain why.Problem 19CQ:
Suppose you place a charge q near a large metal plate. (a) If q is attracted to to the plate, is the...Problem 20CQ:
Would defining the charge on an electron to be positive have any effect on Coulomb's law?Problem 21CQ:
An atomic nucleus contains positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons. Since nuclei do stay...Problem 23CQ:
When measuring an electlic field, could we use a negative rather than a positive test charge?Problem 24CQ:
During fair weather, the electric field due to the net charge on Earth points downward. Is Earth...Problem 25CQ:
If the electric field at a point on the line between two charges is zero, what do you know about the...Problem 26CQ:
Two charges lie along the x-axis. Is it nue that the net electric field always vanishes at some...Problem 27CQ:
Give a plausible argument as to why the electric field outside an infinite charged sheet is...Problem 28CQ:
Compare the electric fields of an infinite sheet of charge, an infinite, charged conducting plate,...Problem 29CQ:
Describe the electric fields of an infinite charged plate and of two infinite, charged parallel...Problem 30CQ:
A negative charge is placed at center of a ring of uniform positive charge. What is the motion (if...Problem 31CQ:
If a point charge is released fmm rest in a unifonn electlic field, will it follow a field line?...Problem 32CQ:
Under what conditions, if any, will the trajectory of a charged particle not follow a field line?Problem 33CQ:
How would you experimentally distinguish an electlic field from a gravitational field?Problem 34CQ:
A representation of an electric field shows 10 field lines perpendicular to a square plate. How many...Problem 35CQ:
What is the ratio of the number of electlic field lines leaving a charge 10q and a charge q?Problem 36CQ:
What are the stable orientation(s) for a dipole in an external electric field? What happens if the...Problem 37P:
Common static electricity involves charges ranging from nanocoulombs to microcoulombs. (a) How many...Problem 38P:
If 1.801020 electrons move through a pocket calculator during a full day's operation, how many...Problem 39P:
To stat a car engine, the car battery moves 3.751021 electrons through the staffer motor. How many...Problem 40P:
A certain lightning bolt moves 40.0 C of charge. How many fundamental units of charge is this?Problem 41P:
A 2.5-g copper penny is given a charge of 2.0109C . (a) How many excess electrons are on the penny?...Problem 42P:
A 2.5-g copper penny is given a charge of 4.0109C . (a) How many electrons ale removed from the...Problem 43P:
Suppose a speck of dust in an electrostatic precipitator has 1.00001012 protons in it and has a net...Problem 44P:
An amoeba has 1.001016 protons and a net charge of 0.300pC. (a) How many fewer electrons are there...Problem 45P:
A 50.0-g ball of copper has a net charge of 2.00C. What fraction of the copper's electrons has...Problem 46P:
What net charge would you place on a 100-g piece of sulfur if you put an extra electron on 1 in 1012...Problem 47P:
How many coulombs of positive charge are there in 4.00 kg of plutonium given its atomic mass is 244...Problem 48P:
Two point particles with charges +3C and +5C are held in place by 3-N forces on each charge in...Problem 49P:
Two charges +3C and +12C are fixed 1 m apart, with the second one to the right. Find the magnitude...Problem 50P:
In a salt crystal, the distance between adjacent sodium and chloride ions is 2.821010 m. What is the...Problem 51P:
Protons in an atomic nucleus ale typically 1015 m apart. What is the electric fore of repulsion...Problem 52P:
Suppose Earth and the Moon each carried a net negative charge Q . Approximate both bodies as point...Problem 53P:
Point charges q1=50C and q2=25C are placed 1.0 m apart. What is the force on a third charge q3=20C...Problem 55P:
Two small balls, each of mass 5.0 g, are attached to silk threads 50 cm long, which are in turn tied...Problem 56P:
Point charges q1=2.0C and q3=4.0C arelocated at r1=(4.0i2.0j+5.0k) and r2=(8.0i+5.0j9.0k) .What is...Problem 57P:
The net excess charge on two small spheres (small enough to be treated as point charges) is Q. Show...Problem 58P:
Two small, identical conducting spheres repel each other with a force of 0.050 N when they are 0.25...Problem 60P:
What is the net electric fore on the charge located at the lower light-hand comer of the triangle...Problem 61P:
Two fixed particles, each of charge 5.0106C , are 24 cm apart. What force do they exert on a third...Problem 62P:
The charges q1=2.0107C, q2=4.0107C, and q3=1.0107C are placed at the corners of the triangle shown...Problem 63P:
What is the force on the charge q at the lower-right-hand comer of the square shown here?Problem 64P:
Point charges q1=10C and q2=30C are fixed at r1=(3.0i4.0j) m and r2=(9.0i6.0j) m What is the force...Problem 65P:
A particle of charge 2.0108C experiences an upward force of magnitude 4.0106N when it is placed in a...Problem 66P:
On a typical clear day, the atmospheric electric field points downward and has a magnitude of...Problem 67P:
Consider an electron that is 1010 m from an alpha particle (q=3.21019C) . (a) What is the electric...Problem 68P:
Each the balls shown below carries a charge q and has a mass m. The length of each thread is l, and...Problem 69P:
What is the electric field at a point where the force on a 2.0106C chargeis (4.0i6.0j)106N ?Problem 70P:
A proton is suspended in the air by an electric field at the surface of Earth. What is the strength...Problem 71P:
The electric field in a particular thundercloud is 2.0105N/C . What is the acceleration of an...Problem 72P:
A small piece of cork whose mass is 2.0 g is given a charge of 5.0107C . What electric field is...Problem 73P:
If the electric field is 100 N/C at a distance of 50 cm from a point charge q, what is the value of...Problem 74P:
What is the electric field of a proton at the first Bohr orbit for hydrogen (r=5.291011m) ? What is...Problem 75P:
(a) What is the electric field of an oxygen nucleus at a point that is 1010 m from the nucleus? (b)...Problem 76P:
Two point charges, q1=2.0107C and q2=6.0108C , are held 25.0 cm apart. (a) What is the electric...Problem 77P:
Point charges q1=50C and q2=25C are placed 1.0 m apart. (a) What is the electric field at a point...Problem 78P:
Can you arrange the two point charges q1=2.0106C and q2=4.0106C along the x-axis so that E=0 at the...Problem 79P:
Point charges q1=q2=4.0106C are fixed on the x-axis at x=3.0 m and x=3.0 m. What charge q must be...Problem 80P:
A thin conducting plate 1.0 m on the side is given a charge of 2.0106C . An electron is placed 1.0...Problem 81P:
Calculate the magnitude and direction of the electric field 2.0 m from a long wire that is charged...Problem 82P:
Two thin conducting plates, each 25.0 cm on a side, are situated parallel to one another and 5.0 mm...Problem 83P:
The charge per unit length on the thin rod shown below is . What is the electric field at the point...Problem 84P:
The charge per unit length on thin semicircular wire shown below is . What is the electric field at...Problem 85P:
Two thin parallel conducting plates are placed 2.0 cm apart. Each plate is 2.0 cm on a side; one...Problem 86P:
A thin conducing plate 2.0 m on a side is given a total charge of 10.0C . (a) What is the electric...Problem 87P:
A total charge q is distributed uniformly along a thin, straight rod of length L (see below). What...Problem 88P:
Charge is distributed along the entire x-axis uniform density . How much work does the electric...Problem 89P:
Charge is distributed along the entire x-axis withuniform density x and along the entire y-axis...Problem 90P:
A rod bent into the arc of a circle subtends an angle 2 at the center P of the circle (see below)....Problem 91P:
A pluton moves in the electric field E=200iN/C . (a) What are the force on and the acceleration of...Problem 92P:
An electron and a proton, each starting from rest, are accelerated by the same uniform electric...Problem 93P:
A spherical water droplet of radius 25 m carries an excess 250 electrons. What vertical electric...Problem 94P:
A proton enters the uniform electric field produced by the two charged plates shown below. The...Problem 95P:
Shown below is a small sphere of mass 0.25 g that carries a charge of 9.01010 C. The sphere is...Problem 96P:
Two infinite rods, each carrying a uniform charge density , are parallel to one another and...Problem 97P:
Positive charge is distributed with a uniform density along the positive x-axis from r to , along...Problem 98P:
From a distance of 10 cm, a proton is projected with a speed of v=4.0106 m/s directly at a large,...Problem 99P:
A particle of mass m and charge q moves along a straight line away from a fixed particle of charge...Problem 100P:
Which of the following electric field lines are incorrect for point charges? Explain why.Problem 101P:
In this exercise, you practice electric field lines. Make sure you represent both the magnitude and...Problem 102P:
Draw the electric field for a system of three particles of charges +1C , +2C , and 3C fixed at the...Problem 103P:
Two charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign make up an electric dipole. A quadrupole consists...Problem 104P:
Suppose the electric field of an isolated point charge decreased with distance as 1/r2+ rather than...Problem 105P:
Consider the equal and opposite charges shown below. (a) Show that at all points on the x-axis for...Problem 106P:
(a) What is the dipole moment of the configuration shown above? If Q=4.0C , (b) what is the torque...Problem 107P:
A water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms bonded with one oxygen atom. The bond angle between...Problem 108AP:
Point charges q1=2.0C and q1=4.0C are located at r1=(4.0i2.0j+2.0k)m and r2=(8.0i+5.0j9.0k)m. What...Problem 109AP:
What is the force on the 5.0C charge shown below?Problem 111AP:
Four charged particles are positioned at the corners of parallelogram as shown below. If q=5.0C and...Problem 112AP:
A charge Q is fixed at the origin and a second charge q moves along the x-axis, as shown below. How...Problem 113AP:
A charge q=2.0C is released from rest when it is 2.0 m from a fixed charge q=6.0C . What is the...Problem 114AP:
What is the electric field at the midpoint M of the hypotenuse of the triangle shown below?Problem 116AP:
(a) What is the electric field at the lower-light-hand corner of the square shown below? (b) What is...Problem 117AP:
Point charges are placed at the four corner of a rectangle as shown below: q1=2.0106C , q1=2.0106C ,...Problem 118AP:
Three charges are positioned at the cornets of a parallelogram as shown below. (a) If Q=8.0C what is...Problem 120AP:
A particle of charge q and mass m is placed at the center of a uniformly charged ring of total...Problem 121AP:
Charge is distributed uniformly along the entire y-axis with a density y and along the positive...Problem 122AP:
The circular are shown below carries a charge per unit length =0 cos . Where is measured from the...Problem 123AP:
Calculate the electric field due to a uniformly charged rod of length L, aligned with the x-axis...Problem 124AP:
The charge unit length on the thin shown below is .What is the force on the point charge q? Solve...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
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