Electric Forces and Fields Calculations
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At the corners of an equilateral triangle there are three point charges, as seen in
Figure P23.7. Calculate the total electric force on the charge of 7.00 mC.
12. In figure P23.12, determine the point (other than infinity) at which the field
electric is equal to zero.
14. At the vertices of an equilateral triangle, there are three charges, as shown in the
Figure P23.7. a) Calculate the electric field at the position of the 2.00 mC charge due to the
field of the charges of 7.00 mC and -4.00 mC. b) Use the answer from section a) to
determine the force exerted on the charge of 2.00 mC.
16. Two particles with a charge of 2.00 mC are located on the x-axis. One is at x =
1.00 m and the other at x = -1.00 m. a) Determine the electric field along the y-axis at y = 0.500.
b) Calculate the electric force exerted on a charge of - 3.00 mC placed on the
axis of y at y = 0.500 m.
20. Along the x-axis, there is a continuous line of charge that extends from x = +x0
to positive infinity. The line has a uniform linear charge density.λ0. What is the
magnitude and direction of the electric field at the origin?
21. A rod 14.0 cm long has a uniform charge and its total charge is -22.0
mC. Determine the magnitude and direction of the electric field along the axis of the rod.
at a point 36.0 cm from its center.
23. A ring with a radius of 10.0 cm with uniform charge has a total charge equal to 75.0
mC. Determine the electric field on the axis of the ring at the following distances from the
center of the same: a) 1.00 cm, b) 5.00 cm, c) 30.0 cm and d) 100 cm.
24. A disk with uniform charge with a radius of 35.0 cm has a charge density of
Calculate the electric field on the axis of the disk at 5.00 cm.
cm, c) 50.0 cm and d) 200 cm from its center.
30. Three solid plastic cylinders have a radius of 2.50 cm and a length of 6.00 cm.
One a) is charged with a uniform density of 15.0 nC/m2 over its entire surface. Another b)
is charged with the same uniform density only on its curved lateral surface. The third
c) is uniformly charged with a density of 500 nC/m3 throughout the plastic. Determine
the burden of each one.
A proton is projected in the positive x direction into a region of a
uniform electric field E = -6.00 x 10^5 i N/C at the moment t = 0. The proton travels a
distance of 7.00 cm before coming to rest. Determine a) the acceleration of the proton, b)
its initial speed and c) the time interval during which the proton remains at rest.
UNIT 2
4. Consider a closed triangular box at rest within an electric field
horizontal with a magnitude E = 7.80 x 10^4 N/C, as shown in figure P24.4.
Calculate the electric flow through a) the vertical rectangular surface, b) the surface
inclined, and c) the total surface area of the box.
7. The following charges are located inside a submarine: 5.00 mC, -9.00
mC, 27.0 mC and -84.0 mC. a) Calculate the net electric flux through the submarine hull.
b) Does the number of electric field lines that exit compare to those that enter?
greater, equal or less?
10. A point charge of 12.0 mC is placed at the center of a spherical shell of
22.0 cm in radius. What is the total electric flux that passes through a) the surface of
eggshell and b) any hemispherical surface of the same? C) The results depend
of the cover radius? Explain your answer
16. A non-conductive hollow sphere without charge, with a radius of 10.0 cm, surrounds a charge.
of 10.0 mC located at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system. A drill of
A 1.00 mm radio is aligned along the z-axis and a hole is made in the sphere.
Calculate the electric flux through the hole.
A solid sphere with a radius of 40.0 cm has a total positive charge of 26 mC.
uniform distribution in its volume. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at the
The following distances from the center of the sphere: a) 0 cm, b) 10.0 cm, c) 40.0 cm, and d) 60.0 cm.
20. A long straight filament has a charge per unit length of -90.0 mC/m.
Determine the electric field at the following distances from the filament, measured
perpendicular to its length: a) 10.0 cm, b) 20.0 cm, and c) 100 cm.
21. A large, flat horizontal sheet has a charge per unit of
surface of 9.00 mC/m^2. Determine the electric field just above the center of
the sheet.
22. A cylindrical cover with a radius of 7.00 cm and a length of 240 cm has a charge
with uniform distribution over its curved surface. The magnitude of the electric field in
a point that is 19.0 cm radially outward from its axis (measured from the point
the net load on the cover
electric field that exists at a point 4.00 cm from the axis, measured radially towards
outside the midpoint of the cover.
UNIT 3
In figure P25.4, a uniform electric field of magnitude 325 V/m is directed
toward the negative side of the y. The coordinates of point A are (-0.200, -0.300) m, and the
The coordinates of point B are (0.400, 0.500) m. Calculate, using the blue trajectory, the difference of
potential VB - VA.
10. Given two charges of 2.00 mC, as shown in figure P25.10, and a charge of
positive test charge -1.28 x 10^-18 C placed at the origin, a) what is the net force exerted
for the two charges of 2.00 mC on the test charge q?; b) what is the electric field
at the origin due to the two charges of 2.00 mC?, and c) what is the electric potential at the
origin due to the two charges of 2.00 mC?
At a certain distance from a charged particle, the magnitude of the electric field is
500 V/m and the electric potential is -3.00 kV. What is the distance to the particle?
What is the magnitude of the charge?
15. The three charged particles in figure P25.15 are at the vertices of a triangle.
isosceles. Calculate the electric potential at the midpoint of the base, if q = 7.00 mC.
17. Four particles with identical charge (q = +10.0 mC) are located at the corners of
a rectangle, as shown in figure P23.47. The dimensions of the rectangle are L
= 60.0 cm and W = 15.0 cm. Calculate the change in the electric potential energy of the system.
when the particle at the bottom left vertex in figure P23.47 is placed in this
position bringing it from infinity. Suppose that the other three particles in the figure
P23.47 remain fixed in their position.
29. The potential in a region between x = 0 and x = 6.00 m is V = a + bx, where a = 10.0 V and b =
-7.00 V/m. Determine a) el potencial en x = 0, 3.00 m, y 6.00 m, y b) la magnitud y
electric field direction at x = 0, 3.00 m, and 6.00 m.
34. Imagine a ring of radius R with a total charge Q with a uniform distribution on it.
perimeter. What is the potential difference between the point at the center of the ring and a
point on the axis at a distance 2R from the center?
A spherical conductor has a radius of 14.0 cm and a charge of 26.0 mC.
Calculate the electric field and the electric potential at the following distances from the center a) r
= 10.0 cm, b) r = 20.0 cm, y c) r = 14.0 cm.