A SSI GNMENT 2

Please solve the following assignment questions in detail and send them to your tutor
for grading. Attach a “Tutor-marked Exercise Form,” from the course package to
your submission. You can find an electronic copy of the “Tutor-marked Exercise
Form” through your myAU portal, or at the following URL:

http://www.athabascau.ca/forms/tutmark.doc

Keep a copy of your assignment, at least a rough draft, in case the original goes
astray. If you wish to submit your assignments electronically, contact your tutor to
discuss appropriate format. Each question is worth five marks.

1. Two 1.0-g beads are charged equally and placed 5.0 cm apart. When released,
they begin to accelerate at 150 m/s2. What is the magnitude of the charge on each
bead?

2. In the diagram to the right, the net force on q

the 1.0 mC charge is zero. What is the sign
and magnitude of the unknown charge q?
1.0 mC + 6.0 cm

3.0 cm
2.0 mC 2.0 mC
+ +
4.0 cm 4.0 cm

3. A charge of +2q is placed at the origin and a second charge of –q is placed at

x = 3.0 cm. Where can a third charge +Q be placed so that it experiences a zero
force?

4. Consider an equilateral triangle of side 15.6 cm. A

charge of +2.0 µC is placed at one vertex and
charges of –4.0 µC each are placed at the other
two, as shown in the diagram to the right.
Determine the electric field at the centre of the
triangle.

5. How much energy is needed to place four positive charges, each of magnitude
+5.0 mC, at the vertices of a square of side 2.5 cm?

6. Choose one way of assembling the charges of Question 5 and calculate the
potential at each empty vertex as this set of charges is assembled. Be sure to
clearly describe the order of assembly.

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7. Electrons leave the cathode of a TV tube at essentially zero speed and are
accelerated toward the front by 10,000 V potential. At what speed do they strike
the screen? Express this value also as a fraction of the speed of light.

8. A charge of –4.00 µC is fixed in place. From a horizontal distance of

55.0 cm, a particle of mass 2.50 × 10–3 kg and charge –3.00 µC is fired with an
initial speed of 15.0 m/s directly toward the fixed charge. How far does the
particle travel before it stops and begins to return back?

9. In the figure to the right,

find the magnitude and
direction of the electric
field at points A, B, C
and D.

10. In Question 9, calculate the work needed to move a 1.5 µC test charge from
point B to point D.

11. A 15 µF capacitor is connected to a 55 V battery and becomes fully charged. The

battery is removed and the circuit is left open. A slab of dielectric material is
inserted to completely fill the space between the plates. It has a dielectric
constant of 4.8. What is the voltage across the capacitor plates after the slab is in
place?

12. For the simple circuit shown at the right,

determine the current through each resistor
and the potential difference across the 5 Ω
resistor.

13. A galvanometer of coil resistance 50.0 Ω deflects full scale for a current of
3.50 mA. What series resistance should be used with this galvanometer to
construct a voltmeter which deflects full scale for 35.0 V?

14. When connected in series to a 110-V line, two resistors use one-fourth the power
that is used when they are connected in parallel. If one resistor is
2.0 kΩ, what is the resistance of the other?

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15. Find the equivalent resistance of the circuit shown below. Each of the six
resistors has a resistance equal to 12 Ω.

16. A 9.0 µF and 4.0 µF capacitors are connected in parallel, and this combination is
connected in series with a 12.0 µF capacitor.

a. What is the net capacitance?

b. If 32 V is applied across the whole network, calculate the voltage

across each capacitor.

17. A simple type of blinking light circuit can be constructed using a neon lamp. The
circuit shown here has a 4.0 µF capacitor in parallel with a neon lamp. When the
voltage is low in the RC portion of the circuit, the lamp does not conduct
electricity. Therefore, it is
effectively not there from an
electrical point of view. The RC
circuit will then charge from the
110 V power supply. However,
when the voltage across the
capacitor reaches 75 V, the neon
will ionize very quickly and the
neon lamp will become a very
good conductor, and will immediately discharge the capacitor. The energy stored
in the capacitor will be given off as a flash of orange light, making this a useful
circuit. After the flash, the charging process will start once more since the
voltage will again be low.

a. Determine the flash frequency with the resistance value shown.

b. Make a sketch of the voltage across the capacitor versus time in such a
circuit, showing several periods.
22 Ω 8.0 V
18. Consider the circuit shown to the right.

a. Calculate the current though the 22 Ω

resistor. 14 Ω

b. What is the voltage across ab. 12 V

a b

6.0 Ω 18 V 6.0 Ω
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