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Exercise21.2
Lightningoccurswhenthereisaflowofelectriccharge(principallyelectrons)betweenthegroundandathundercloud.
Themaximumrateofchargeflowinalightningboltisabout20, 000 C/sthislastsfor100 s orless.

PartA
Howmuchchargeflowsbetweenthegroundandthecloudinthistime?
Expressyouranswerusingthreesignificantfigures.
ANSWER:
Q

= 2.00 C

Correct

PartB
Howmanyelectronsflowduringthistime?
Expressyouranswerusingthreesignificantfigures.
ANSWER:
ne

= 1.251019

Correct

Exercise21.19
Threepointchargesarearrangedalongthexaxis.Chargeq 1 =+3.00Cisattheorigin,andchargeq 2 =5.00Cis
atx=0.200m.Chargeq 3 =8.00C.

PartA
Whereisq 3 locatedifthenetforceonq 1 is7.00Ninthex direction?
ANSWER:
x3

= 0.144 m

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Exercise21.50
Apointchargeq 1 =4.00nCisatthepointx=0.60m,y=0.80m,andasecondpointchargeq 2 =+6.00nCisat
thepointx=0.60m,y=0.

PartA
Calculatethemagnitudeofthenetelectricfieldattheoriginduetothesetwopointcharges.
ANSWER:
E

= 132 N/C

Correct

PartB
Calculatethedirectionofthenetelectricfieldattheoriginduetothesetwopointcharges.
ANSWER:

= 167 counterclockwisefrom+ xaxis

Correct

Problem21.02

PartA
A1.0Cpointchargeis15 mfromasecondpointcharge,andtheelectricforceononeofthemduetotheotheris
1.0

N.Whatisthemagnitudeofthesecondcharge?(k

= 1/4 0 = 8.99 10

Nm2/C2)

ANSWER:

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1.0

10

nC

25

25

nC

0.025

Correct

Exercise21.22
Twopointchargesareplacedonthexaxisasfollows:chargeq 1 =3.99nCislocatedatx
=4.98nCisatx = 0.295m.

0.196m,andchargeq 2

PartA
Whatisthemagnitudeofthetotalforceexertedbythesetwochargesonanegativepointchargeq 3 =5.99nC
thatisplacedattheorigin?
ANSWER:
F

= 2.51106 N

Correct

PartB
Whatisthedirectionofthetotalforceexertedbythesetwochargesonanegativepointchargeq 3 =5.99nCthat
isplacedattheorigin?
ANSWER:
tothe+ xdirection
tothexdirection
perpendiculartothexaxis
theforceiszero

Correct

Exercise21.17
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Threepointchargesarelocatedonthepositivexaxisofacoordinatesystem.Chargeq 1 =1.5nCis2.0cmfromthe
origin,chargeq 2 =4.0nCis4.0cmfromtheoriginandchargeq 3 =6.0nClocatedattheorigin.Whatisthenetforce
((a)magnitudeand(b)direction)onchargeq 1 =1.5nCexertedbytheothertwocharges?

PartA
Expressyouranswerusingtwosignificantfigures.
ANSWER:

= 3.4104 N

Correct

PartB
ANSWER:

= 0 counterclockwisefromthe+x direction

Correct

Exercise21.1
Excesselectronsareplacedonasmallleadspherewithamassof7.55gsothatitsnetchargeis3.10109C .

PartA
Findthenumberofexcesselectronsonthesphere.
ANSWER:
ne

= 1.941010

Correct

PartB
Howmanyexcesselectronsarethereperleadatom?Theatomicnumberofleadis82 ,anditsmolarmassis
207 g/mol .
ANSWER:

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n lead

= 8.821013

Correct

Exercise21.25
Aprotonisplacedinauniformelectricfieldof3000N/C.

PartA
Calculatethemagnitudeoftheelectricforcefeltbytheproton.
ANSWER:
F

= 4.801016 N

Correct

PartB
Calculatetheproton'sacceleration.
ANSWER:
a

= 2.871011 m/s 2

Correct

PartC
Calculatetheproton'sspeedafter1.20s inthefield,assumingitstartsfromrest.
ANSWER:
v

= 3.45105 m/s

Correct

Exercise21.26
Aparticlehasachargeof2.85nC.
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PartA
Findthemagnitudeoftheelectricfieldduetothisparticleatapointlocatedadistance0.270mdirectlyaboveit.
ANSWER:
E

= 351 N/C

Correct

PartB
Findthedirectionoftheelectricfieldduetothisparticleatapointlocatedadistance0.270mdirectlyaboveit.
ANSWER:
upawayfromtheparticle
downtowardtheparticle

Correct

PartC
Atwhatdistancefromthisparticledoesitselectricfieldhaveamagnitudeof12.8N/C?
ANSWER:
L

= 1.41 m

Correct

Exercise21.47
Threenegativepointchargesliealongalineasshowninthefigure.

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PartA
FindthemagnitudeoftheelectricfieldthiscombinationofchargesproducesatpointP ,whichlies6.00
the2.00 Cchargemeasuredperpendiculartothelineconnectingthethreecharges.

cm

from

ANSWER:
E

= 1.04107 N/C

Correct

PartB
FindthedirectionoftheelectricfieldthiscombinationofchargesproducesatpointP ,whichlies6.00
the2.00 Cchargemeasuredperpendiculartothelineconnectingthethreecharges.

cm

from

ANSWER:
outward2.00
toward2.00

Correct
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