1. Two small plastic spheres are given positive electrical charges.

When they are 11.0cm apart, the repulsive force between them
has magnitude 0.300N.
ANSWER A
a. What is the charge on each sphere if one sphere has four times
the charge of the other?
Physics - bobpursley, Sunday, September 7, 2014 at 11:07am
force=kqq/r^2 solve for q
Physics - Anonymous, Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 10:48am
1.588*10^-7
4.76*10^-7

ANSWER B
a) 0.220 N = 8.99e9Nm/C * Q / (0.15m)
Q = 7.42e-7 C = 742 nC
b) 0.220 N = 8.99e9Nm/C * 4Q * Q / (0.15m)
Q = 3.71e-7 C
4Q = 1.48e-6 C = 1.48 C
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2.

Everything you have is correct. It's just an algebra step to get to the final answer.
You already have

r=a2r=a2
Squaring it, you get

r2=a22r2=a22

Now use this to make a substitution for r2r2 in your equation for the electric field strength

kqr2=kqa2/2=2kqa2

3.

What is the magnitude of the net electric field at point

y2= 0.188 m on the y-axis?

A very long uniform line of charge has charge per unit length 4.52 uC/m and lies along the x-axis. A
second long uniform line of charge has charge per unit length -2.36 uC/m and is parallel to the x-axis at
y1= 0.410m .
1-)What is the magnitude of the net electric field at point y2= 0.188 m on the y-axis?
2-)What is the direction of the net electric field at point y2= 0.188m on the y-axis?
-y-axis
+y-axis
3-)What is the magnitude of the net electric field at point y3= 0.602m on the y-axis?
4-)What is the direction of the net electric field at point y3 = 0.602m on the y-axis?
-y-axis
+y-axis

A line of charge having charge per unit length=p1= 4.52 uC/m lies along the x-axis.
A second line of charge has charge per unit length=p2= -2.36 uC/m and is parallel to the x-axis at y1=
0.410m .
point y2= 0.188 m on the y-axis
y2 is between the lines.As one is +ive and the other is - ive, the field will be added up,it will be towards
second -ive line
E =2k[ p1/r1 + p2/r2 ]
E =2*9*10^9[ 4.52 *10^-6/0.188 +2.36 *10^-6 /0.222 ]
E =18*10^3[ 4.52 /0.188 +2.36 /0.222 ]
E =18*10^3[ 24.043 +10.631]
E =18*10^3[ 34.674 ]
E =6.241*10^5 N/C
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2-)The direction of the net electric field at point y2= 0.188m on the y-axis is along +y-axis
_________________________
3-) point y3= 0.602m on the y-axis
At y3, the field are in opposite direction, the field due to positive is less than field due to negative
Total field will be difference of two fields
E =2k[ p1/r1 - p2/r2 ]
E =18*10^3[ 4.52 /0.602 - 2.36 /0.192 ]
E =18*10^3[ 7.508 - 12.291 ]
E = -18*10^3[ 4.7837]
E = 8.6107*10^4 N/C
3-) the magnitude of the net electric field at point y3= 0.602m on the y-axis is 8.6107*10^4 N/C
______________________________

4-) The direction of the net electric field at point y3 = 0.602m on the y-axis is -y-axis
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4.

5. A cube has sides of length L = 0.320 m. It is placed with one corner at the origin. The electric field is
not uniform but is given by E= ( -5.02 N/(C*m))xi +(3.04 N/(C*m))zk.
A) Find the electric flux through each of the six cube faces S1 (left side), S2 (top), S3 (right side), S4
(bottom), S5 (front), and S6 (back).
B) Find the total electric charge inside the cube.
Any help is greatly appreciated!

Best Answer: Let's call -5.02 N/(C m) = a and 3.04 N/(C m) = b, so

E=axi+bzk
S1: only the x component, but x=0 everywhere on that surface: flux = Surface-integral = 0
S2: only the z-component "pierces"through there, and since z=L on that surface: Surface_integral = b L *
L^2 = b L^3
S3: same as S2 but with only x-component and x = L there => a L^3
S4 (bottom) : only z-component of field pierces, but z=0 there, so : 0
S5 and S6 would need a y component of the field, but since that's zero: 0
adding these contributions gives: (a + b ) L^3, and according to Maxwell's first theorem in integral form:
Q = eps0 (a+b) L^3.
You can plug in the numbers (remember that a is a negative number..)

ANSWER 2