PHY 150 (ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM)

TUTORIAL 1.1: ELECTRIC CHARGE AND ELECTRIC FIELD

1. Calculate the magnitude of the force between two 3.60 C point charges 9.3 cm apart.
(Ans: 13.49 N)

2. Calculate the magnitude of force between two 8.5 C point charges that are 5.4 cm apart.
(Ans: 222.99 N)

3. Two charges have charge values of -2.0 C and -4.0 C, respectively. They are separated by
distance of 2.0 cm. Find the magnitude of the electric force between them. (Ans: 180 N)

4. Three charged particles are arranged in a line, as shown in figure below. Calculate the net
electrostatic force on particle 3 due to the other two charges.
(Ans: 1.548 N, direction F3 net to the left)

5. Three point charges Q1 = 30 C, Q2 = -5 C and Q3 = 8 C, are placed in xy coordinate axis as
shown in figure below. Find the net force on the charge Q 1 due to charges Q2 and Q3.

(Ans: 25.11 N, direction F1 net to the right)

6. Calculate the net electrostatic force on charge Q 3 shown in figure below due to the charge Q 1
and Q2.
(Ans: 131.10 N, -22.6o)

7. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the electric field at a point which is 30 cm to the right
of a point charge Q = -3.0 x 10-6 C. (Ans: 3 x 105 N/C; to the left)

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8. Two charges Q1= -6.0 uC and Q2 = +8.0 uC are placed as shown in Figure below. Calculate the
magnitude and the direction of net electric field at point M.
(ans: 6.92 x 105 N/C; 75.520)

9. Three point charges, Q1 = +55 uC, Q2 = +28 uC and Q3 = -65 uC are placed in a x-y plane as shown
in Figure below. Calculate the net force on the charge Q1 due to Q2 and Q3 charges
(ans : -353.35 N) )

10. A charge of +8 uC experiences a force of 3.5 N in the +x direction at a certain point.

i) What was the electric field before the charge was placed the point?
(ans: 4.38 x 105 N/C)
ii) Calculate the force which a 4 uC charge would experience if it is located at the point in place
of the +8 uC.
(ans : 1.752 N)

11. Particles of charge Q1 = +75 uC, Q2 = - 48 uC and Q 3 = +85 uC are placed in a line as shown in
Figure below. Calculate the net force on the charge Q2 due to the other two.
(ans : -218.6 N)

12. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the electric field at a point which is 30 cm to the right
of a point charge Q = -3.0 x 10-6 C.
(Ans: 3 x 105 N/C; to the left)

13. Positive charges are situated at three corners of a rectangle, as shown in below. Find the electric
field at the fourth corner. (Ans: 662.23 N/C; -70.14o)

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14. A flat circle with a radius of 30 cm is placed in a uniform electric field of 5.5 x 10 7 NC-1. Calculate
the electric flux through the circle when the surface of the circle is:
i) Perpendicular to the electric field line. (Ans: 1.55 x 10 7 Nm2C-1)
ii) 60˚ to the electric field line. (Ans: 7.8 x 10 6 Nm2C-1)

15. A thin spherical shell of radius, R = 10.0 cm has a uniform charge of +25 μC. If the radius of the
Gaussian surface is 5.0 cm, calculate the electric field.
(Ans: E = 0 NC-1, Q = 0)

16. The total electric flux on the surface of a solid metal sphere with radius 0.3 m is
1.45 x 103 Nm2/C.
i. Find the electric field on the surface of the metal sphere (Ans: 1.28 x 10 3 N/C)
ii. How much charge resides on the surface (Ans: 1.28 x 10 -8 C)
iii. How much charge is enclosed within the metal sphere (Ans: 0 C)

17. A disk with radius 10 cm is oriented with its normal at an angle of 300 to a uniform electric field,
E with magnitude 2.0 x 103 N/C.
i. What is the electric flux through the disk?
ii. What is the electric flux through the disk if it is turned so that its normal is
perpendicular to E?
iii. What is the electric flux through the disk if its normal is parallel to E?

18. A uniform electric field with a magnitude of 125 000 N/C passes through a rectangle with sides
of 2.50 m and 5.00 m. The angle between the electric field vector and the vector normal to the
rectangular plane is 65.0˚. What is the electric flux through the rectangle?

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