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Gauss Law & Potential

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*Chapter 23, Problem 15 GO

The figure shows a closed Gaussian surface in the shape of a cube of edge length 2.3 m, with one corner at
x1 = 4.2 m,y1 = 4.3 m. The cube lies in a region where the electric field vector is given by
= -2.6

-3.4 y2

Number

+2.8

N/C, with y in meters. What is the net charge (in Coulombs) contained by the cube?

Units

the tolerance is +/-5%

*Chapter 23, Problem 30 GO

A charge of uniform linear density 2.60 nC/m is distributed along a long, thin, nonconducting rod. The rod is coaxial
with a long conducting cylindrical shell (inner radius = 5.60 cm, outer radius = 10.6 cm). The net charge on the shell
is zero. (a) What is the magnitude (in N/C) of the electric field at distance r = 16.2 cm from the axis of the shell?
What is the surface charge density on the (b) inner and (c) outer surface of the shell?

(a) Number

Units

(b) Number

Units

(c) Number

Units

Answer a1: the tolerance is +/-5%

Answer b1: the tolerance is +/-5%
Answer c1: the tolerance is +/-5%

*Chapter 23, Problem 33 GO

Figure a shows three plastic sheets that are large, parallel, and uniformly charged. Figure b gives the component of
the net electric field along an x axis through the sheets. The scale of the vertical axis is set by Es = 4 105 N/C.

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What is the ratio of the charge density on sheet 3 to that on sheet 2?

the tolerance is +/-5%

*Chapter 23, Problem 48 GO

The figure shows two nonconducting spherical shells fixed in place on an x axis. Shell 1 has uniform surface charge
density 4.00 C/m2 on its outer surface and radius 0.300 cm, and shell 2 has uniform surface charge density -1.50
,
C/m2 on its outer surface and radius 1.50 cm; the centers are separated by L= 6.00 cm. Other than at x =
where on the x axis is the net electric field equal to zero?

Number

Units

the tolerance is +/-5%

*Chapter 23, Problem 79

A spherical conducting shell has a charge of -31 C on its outer surface and a charged particle in its hollow. If the net
charge on the shell is -19 C, what is the charge (a) on the inner surface of the shell and (b) of the particle? Give
your answers in C.
(a) Number

Units

(b) Number

Units

Answer a1: the tolerance is +/-5%

Answer b1: the tolerance is +/-5%

Test Bank, Question 10

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A point particle with charge q is at the center of a Gaussian surface in the form of a cube. The electric flux through
any one face of the cube is:
q/6

q/16
q/

q/4

q/4

Test Bank, Question 20

A long line of charge with

charge per unit length runs along the cylindrical axis of a cylindrical shell which carries

a charge per unit length of

c.

The charge per unit length on the inner and outer surfaces of the shell, respectively

are:
+

and

and

and

and

and

Test Bank, Question 27

Charge Q is distributed uniformly throughout an insulating sphere of radius R. The magnitude of the electric field at a
point R/2 from the center is:
Q/4
Q/
3Q/4
Q/8

0R
0R

0R
0R

none of these

*Chapter 24, Problem 15 GO

In the figure, what is the net electric potential at point P due to the four particles if V = 0 at infinity, q = 4.94 fC, and
d = 6.61 cm?

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*Chapter 24, Problem 26

A Gaussian sphere of radius 9.30 cm is centered on a ball that has a radius of 1.60 cm and a uniform charge
distribution. The total (net) electric flux through the surface of the Gaussian sphere is +3.10 x 104 Nm2/C. What is
the electric potential (in V) 11.0 cm from the center of the ball?
Number

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the tolerance is +/-5%

*Chapter 24, Problem 45 GO

In the rectangle of the figure, the sides have lengths 7.45 cm and 16.2 cm, q1 = -4.18 C, and q2 = +2.14 C. How
much work is required to move a charge q3 = +2.91 C from B to A?

Number

Units

the tolerance is +/-5%

*Chapter 24, Problem 53 GO

Two electrons are fixed 3.60 cm apart. Another electron is shot from infinity and stops midway between the two as
the figure shows. What is its initial speed?

Number

Units

the tolerance is +/-5%

Test Bank, Question 1

An electron moves from point i to point f, in the direction of a uniform electric field. During this placement:

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the work done by the field is negative and the potential energy of the electron-field system decreases
the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the electron-field system decreases
the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the electron-field system does not change
the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the electron-field system increases
the work done by the field is negative and the potential energy of the electron-field system increases

Test Bank, Question 10

An electron volt is:
the force acting on an electron in a field of 1 N/C
the force required to move an electron 1 meter
the energy gained by an electron in moving through a potential difference of 1 volt
the energy needed to move an electron through 1 meter in any electric field
the work done when 1 coulomb of charge is moved through a potential difference of 1 volt

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