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Q i on a tiny sphere, a portion q is transferred to 2nd, nearby

sphere. Both spheres can be treated as particles. For what value
of q/Q will the electrostatic force between the two spheres be
maximized?
Particle 1 of charge +q and particle 2 of charge +4.00q are held at a
separation L = 3.90 cm on an x-axis. (a) the ratio q3/q? (b) the x&ycoordinates of particle 3?
Particle 1 of charge +4e is above a floor by distance d1 = 2.80 mm
and particle 2 of charge +6e is on the floor, at
distance d2 = 5.60 mm horizontally from particle 1. What is
the x component of the electrostatic force on particle 2 due to
particle 1?
How far apart must two protons be if the magnitude of the
electrostatic force acting on either one due to the other is equal to
the magnitude of the gravitational force on a proton at Earths
surface?
What are the (a) magnitude and (b) direction of the net electrostatic
force on particle 4 due to the other three particles? All four particles
are fixed in the xy plane, andq1 = -8.00
10-19 C, q2 = +4.80

1. Two point charges are fixed on the y-axis: a negative point charge q1= -25C at y1=
+.22 m and a positive point charge q2 at y2= +.39 m. A third point charge q3= 8.4C is
fixed at the origin. The net electrostatic force exerted on the charge q3 has a
magnitude of 27N in the positive y direction.A) What is the charge on q2? B) Suppose
q2 is moved to another system, where q2 is at x= +3 m and another charge, q4, which
has a charge of +2q2, is located at the origin, where along the x-axis does the electric
field equal 0?

1. There is a point charge q1 = + 10 C, located at the origin of a

coordinate system, and a second charge q2 = + 40 C, located at x =
6.0 m, away. a. Where does the electric field due to the charges vanish?
b. Sketch the electric field lines. c. How much energy was needed to
bring these charges together to where they are (assume they were
originally separated by an infinite distance)?

2. A hollow conducting shell with inner radius of 1.5 m and an outer radius of 2.2 m;
the shell has a total charge of +12C. If the inner surface has an induced charge of
+4C when a point charge is placed inside A) What is the charge of the point charge?
B) What is the induced charge on the outer surface? C) What is the average volume
charge density at a (i) radius=1.1 m and (ii) radius=2.5 m

2. A uniformly-charged cylinder has a radius RC = 0.5 m and charge

density =4/ C/m3 . a. What is its charge per unit length? b. If a
point charge q = - 5.0 C is placed a distance r = 2 m from its center,
what is the electrostatic force on that charge?

3. A particle (charge of -20C) is released from rest into a uniform electric field of

10-19 C, q3 = +8.00
10-19 C, q4 = +3.20
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C, 1 = 20.0, d1 = 3.00 cm, and d2 = d3 = 2.00 cm
What is the magnitude of a point charge whose electric field 78 cm
away has the magnitude 1.5 N/C?
In the figure, the four particles form a square of edge
length a = 4.00 cm and have charges q1 = +20.0 nC, q2 = 40.0 nC, q3 = +40.0 nC and q4 = -20.0 nC. What net electric field do
the particles produce at the square's center?
Nonconducting rod of length L = 5.50 cm has charge -q = -4.60 fC
uniformly distributed along its length.(a) What is the linear charge
density of the rod? (b) What is the magnitude of the electric field at
point P, a distance a = 12.0 cm from the end of the rod? (c) What is
its direction? (d) What is the electric field magnitude produced at
distance a = 50 m by the rod?
A charged cloud system produces an electric field in the air near the
Earth's surface. A particle of charge -2.8
10-9 C is acted on by a
downward electrostatic force of 3.0 10-6 N when placed in this
field. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field? (b) What are
the magnitude and direction of the electrostatic force Fel exerted on
a proton placed in this field? (c) What is the magnitude of the
gravitational force Fg on the proton? (d) What is the ratio Fel / Fg in
this case?
Beams of high-speed protons can be produced in "guns" using
electric fields to accelerate the protons. (a) What acceleration would

kg. A) What is the force (magnitude and direction) on the particle? B) After 10s, what
is the velocity (magnitude and direction) of the particle? C) If the particle suddenly
came to a stop by an outside force, what is the potential difference across the initial
point where the force was applied and the particles final position? No energy is lost
to heat.

3. A conducting spherical shell of inner radius a = 0.8 m and outer

radius b = 1.0 m carries a charge of QC = -20 C. A uniformlycharged sphere of radius RS = 2.0 cm and charge QS = + 15 C is
placed in the center of the shell. a. Find the electric field everywhere
(including direction) as a function of the radial distance r from the
center. What are the charges on the b. inner and c. outer surfaces of the
shell? d. What is the electric potential (relative to infinity) on the outer
surface of the shell?

a proton experience if the gun's electric field were 1.20

104 N/C? (b) What speed would the proton attain if the field
accelerated the proton through a distance of 1.40 cm?
It is found experimentally that the electric field in a certain region
of Earth's atmosphere is directed vertically down. At an altitude
of 210 m the field has magnitude 60.0 N/C. At an altitude of 150 m,
the magnitude is 100 N/C. Find the net amount of charge contained
in a cube 60 m on edge, with horizontal faces at altitudes
of 150 and 210 m. Neglect the curvature of Earth.
An infinite line of charge produces a field of magnitude 4.70
104 N/C at a distance of 1.8 m. Calculate the linear charge density.
A square plate of edge length 12.0 cm and negligible thickness has
a total charge of 6.90
10-6 C. (a) Estimate the magnitude E of
the electric field just off the center of the plate (at, say, a distance of
0.50 mm from the center) by assuming that the charge is spread
uniformly over the two faces of the plate. (b) Estimate E at a
distance of 41 m (large relative to the plate size) by assuming that
the plate is a point charge.
An unknown charge sits on a conducting solid sphere of
radius 9.0 cm. If the electric field 14 cm from the center of the
sphere has magnitude 3.1
103 N/C and is directed radially
inward, what is the net charge on the sphere?
The electric field at point P just outside the outer surface of a
hollow spherical conductor of inner radius 10 cm and outer radius
20 cm has magnitude 460 N/C and is directed outward. When an
unknown point charge Q is introduced into the center of the sphere,
the electric field at P is still directed outward but is now 165 N/C.
(a) What is the net charge on and enclosed by the outer spherical
surface before Q is introduced? (b) What is charge Q? (c) After Q is
introduced, what is the charge on the inner surface of the
conductor? (d) What is it on the outer surface?
A spherical drop of water carrying a charge of 35 pC has a potential
of 580 V at its surface (with V = 0 at infinity). (a) What is the radius
of the drop? (b) If two such drops of the same charge and radius
combine to form a single spherical drop, what is the potential at the
surface of the new drop?
Two metal spheres, each of radius 5.0 cm, have a center-to-center
separation of 1.1 m. Sphere 1 has charge +2.80
10-8 C. Sphere 2
has charge of 3.20
10-8C. Assume that the separation is large
enough for us to assume that the charge on each sphere is uniformly
distributed (the spheres do not affect each other). Take V = 0 at
infinity. Calculate the potential: (a) at the point halfway between the
centers. (b) on the surface of sphere 1. (c) on the surface of sphere
2.
A long, solid, conducting cylinder has a radius of 2.0 cm. The
electric field at the surface of the cylinder is 175 N/C, directed
radially outward. Let A, B, and C be points that are 1.0 cm, 2.0 cm,
and 9.0 cm, respectively, from the central axis of the cylinder. (a)
What is the magnitude of the electric field at C? (b) What is the
electric potential difference VB - VC? (c) What is the electric
potential difference VA - VB?
A uniform charge of +14.0 C is on a thin circular ring lying in
an xy plane and centered on the origin. The ring's radius is 3.00 cm.
If point A is at the origin and point B is on the zaxis at z = 3.70 cm,
what is VB - VA?
A spherical conducting shell has a charge of -16 C on its outer
surface and a charged particle in its hollow. (a) If the net charge on
the shell is -12 C, what is the charge on the inner surface of the
shell? (b) If the net charge on the shell is -12 C, what is the charge
of the particle?

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+150 N/C in the +y direction. The particle has a mass of 3.2

4. An electric field points along the y-axis, E= (300 y N/C)j. A box is constrained by
the following constraints:

0 x 4.0 m

2 y 7.0 m

1 z 4.0 m

A) What

is the charge within the box? B) What is the electric potential difference between the
point (y,z)= (1,6) and (8,8)? C) What is the electric potential difference between the

4. There is an electric field E~ = (500y N/C)j pointing along the

yaxis. a. Given a box located in coordinates (in meters) 2.0 x 4.0
0 y 3.0 0 z 4.0, How much charge is contained in the box? (You
may leave your answer in terms of 0.) b. What is the electric potential
difference between the points (x, y) = (2.0,2.0) and (3.0,5.0), in the x-y
plane?