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0 8.85 10 12 C 2 / Nm 2
k 9 10 9 Nm 2 / C 2
e 1.6 10 19 C
me 9.1 10 31 Kg

0 4 10 7 Tm / A

Phy2049 Physics for Engineers and Scientists II

Dr. Bindell

EXAMINATION #1

PROBLEM #1

(a) What are the magnitude and direction of the electric field at the
center of the square of the figure below in terms of q, a and any
other constants that you need. [20]
(b) Suppose that by magic the positive charges in the upper left and
the lower right of the diagram suddenly went on vacation to the
Planet Mongo. Now what is the Electric Field at the center? [10]

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PROBLEM #2
Consider a thin ring of charge of radius a with a total
charge Q residing on it as shown in an exaggerated
fashion in the figure to the right. Point P is on the axis
of the ring a distance x from the plane of the ring.
(a) What is the linear charge density along the ring?
[10]
(b) What are the x and y components of the electric
field at point P? [25]

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PROBLEM #4
The electrons in a particle beam have a kinetic energy K. What are the magnitude and direction of the
Electric Field that will stop these electrons in a distance d? [10]

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FROM TEXTBOOK

What is the electric field at a location = <-0.4, -0.9, 0.5> m due to a particle with charge +2 nC
located at <0.7, -0.6, 0.9> m?
What is the source location?

What is the observation location?

What is the vector that points from the source location to the observation location?

What is | | = r?

What is the direction of the electric field , which is given by = /| |?

What is the value of

1
4 0
q
| |2

Finally, write the electric field as a vector:

=

N/C

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For practice, I left the answers on this sheet. This is against the law so dont tell. Ignore the red
xs.

A thin rod lies on the x-axis with one end at -A and the other end at A, as shown in the diagram. A
charge of -Q is spread uniformly over the surface of the rod. We want to set up an integral to find
the electric field at location 0, y, 0 due to the rod. Following the procedure discussed in the
textbook, we have cut up the rod into small segments, each of which can be considered as a point
charge. We have selected a typical piece, shown in red on the diagram.

Use the following as necessary: x, y, dx, A, Q. Remember that the rod has charge -Q.
(a) In terms of the symbolic quantities given above and on the diagram, what is the charge per
unit length of the rod?
=

(b) What is the amount of charge dQ on the small piece of length dx?
dQ =

(c) What is the vector from source to observation location?

=
(d) What is the distance from the source to the observation location?
d=
(e) When we set up an integral to find the electric field at the observation location due to the
entire rod, what will be the integration variable?

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In the figure,, three charged particles lie on a straight line and are separated by a distance d.
Charges q1 and q2 are held fixed. Charge q3 is free to move but happens to be in equilibrium (no
net electrostatic force acts on it).

Find q1 in terms of q2.

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The diagram shows two parallel nonconducting rings arranged with their central axes along a
common line. Ring 1 has uniform charge q1 and radius R; ring 2 has uniform charge q2 and the
same radius R. The rings are separated by a distance d = 3.00R. The net electric field at point P
on the common line, at distance R from ring 1, is zero. What is the ratio q1/q2?

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