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1.A uniformly charged ring of radius 10.0 cm has a total charge of 75.0 mC.

Find the electric field on the


axis of the ring at (a) 1.00 cm, (b) 5.00 cm, (c) 30.0 cm, and (d) 100 cm from the center of the ring.
2.A uniformly charged disk of radius 35.0 cm carries charge with a density of 7.90 x 10-3 C/m2. Calculate
the electric field on the axis of the disk at (a) 5.00 cm, (b) 10.0 cm, (c) 50.0 cm, and (d) 200 cm from the
center of the disk.

3. A uniformly charged insulating rod of length 14.0 cm is bent into the shape of a semicircle as shown
below. The rod has a total charge of _7.50 mC. Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field at
O, the center of the semicircle.

4. A proton moves at 4.50 x 105 m/s in the horizontal direction. It enters a uniform vertical electric field
with a magnitude of 9.60 x 103 N/C. Ignoring any gravitational effects, find (a) the time interval required
for the proton to travel 5.00 cm horizontally, (b) its vertical displacement during the time interval in
which it travels 5.00 cm horizontally, and (c) the horizontal and vertical components of its velocity after
it has traveled 5.00 cm horizontally.

5. A uniform electric field of magnitude 640 N/C exists between two parallel plates that are 4.00 cm
apart. A proton is released from the positive plate at the same instant an electron is released from the
negative plate. Determine the distance from the positive plate at which the two pass each other. (Ignore
the electrical attraction between the proton and electron.)

6. A line of charge with uniform density 35.0 nC/m lies along the line y = -15.0 cm between the points
with coordinates x = 0 and x = 40.0 cm. Find the electric field it creates at the origin.

7. (a) Calculate the speed of a proton that is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 120
V. (b) Calculate the speed of an electron that is accelerated through the same potential difference.

8. The difference in potential between the accelerating plates in the electron gun of a television picture
tube is about 25 000 V. If the distance between these plates is 1.50 cm, what is the magnitude of the
uniform electric field in this region?

E=V/d

9. An electron moving parallel to the x axis has an initial speed of 3.70 x 106 m/s at the origin. Its speed
is reduced to 1.40 x 105 m/s at the point x = 2.00 cm. Calculate the potential difference between the
origin and that point. Which point is at the higher potential?

10. The three charged particles in figure below are at the vertices of an isosceles triangle. Calculate the
electric potential at the midpoint of the base, taking q = 7.00 mC.

11. (a) Draw a circuit diagram showing four capacitors between two points a and b for which the
following expression determines the equivalent capacitance:

(b) Find the value of C1. (c) Assume a 6.00-V battery is connected between a and b. Find the potential
difference across each of the individual capacitors and the charge on each.

12. Determine the capacitance and the maximum potential difference that can be applied to a
Teflonfilled parallel-plate capacitor having a plate area of 1.75 cm2 and plate separation of 0.040 mm.

13. A proton travels with a speed of 3.00 x 106 m/s at an angle of 37.0° with the direction of a magnetic
field of 0.300 T in the +y direction. What is the magnitude of the magnetic force on the proton and its
acceleration?

14. A proton moving at 4.00 x 106 m/s through a magnetic field of magnitude 1.70 T experiences a
magnetic force of magnitude 8.20 x 10-13 N. What is the angle between the proton’s velocity and the

field?

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