KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI

PHY 153 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

Physics Department
First Semester 2021

ASSIGNMENT 1

Submission Deadline: February 8, 2021

1. Two charged particles are 8.45 cm apart. They are moved and the force on
each of them is found to have tripled. How far are they now?

2. Two positive point charges are a fixed distance apart. The sum of their
charges is QT. What charge must each have in order to (a) maximise the
electric force between them and (b) minimise it?

3. Two free point charges +q and +4q are a distance L apart. A third charge
is placed so that the entire system is in equilibrium. Find the location,
magnitude and sign of the third charge.

K. Preko, 01/02/21