COURSE PHYSICS II

Oriented Exercises
Note: All problems are in the book: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with modern
physics 7th edition (Serway/Jewett). All problems have to be solved in English.

Week 1-2: Chapter 1: Electrostatics

23 – 7,8,12,23,27,29,35,(51,53 – optional)
24 – 21,27,29,52(43,53 – optional)
25 – 9,13

Week 3-4: Chapter 1: Electrostatics (continue)

Chapter 2: Conductors and Capacitors
Chapter 3: Insulators
25 – 32,35,38,39,40,60 (22,55 optional)
26 – 17,28,40,46,50,51,56, (53-optional)

Week 5-6: Chapter 4: Magnetic field

30 – 4,5,9,10,15,17,19,23,25,31,39,41
29 – 22,58

Week 7-8: Chapter 4: Magnetic field (continue)

30 –51,54,58
31 – 4,7,9,22,29,30,31,32,61

Week 9-10: Chapter 5: Inductance and Self-Inductance;

32-1,3,5,6,7
Midterm-test;

Week 11-12: Chapter 5: Inductance and Self-Inductance;

32-1,3,5,6,7,10,11,12, 21,24,25,30,33,38,41,42

Week 13-14: Chapter 6: Electromagnetic field, Oscillation Wave

Chapter 7: Maxwell’s equations and Displacement current
Chapter 8: Wave optics and Interference of Light
32-45,47,55,59
34-23,25,29,61
Supplement problems
37-3,16,18

Week 15: Chapter 8: Wave optics and Interference of Light

Chapter 9: Diffraction and Polarization
37-25,31,34,36,58
38-16,20,26,30,36,40,62,63
 SUPPLEMENT PROBLEMS
(Chapter 7. Displacement Current)

1. An alternative current with 2 A maximum current (I0 = 2 A) goes through a bronze wire
which having conductivity of σ = 6.107 Ω-1m-1. Find the maximum value of displacement
current in this wire. Knowing that the cross section of wire is 0.5 mm 2 and the period of AC
is 0.01s.
Tìm giá trị cực đại của dòng điện dịch xuất hiện trong dây đồng (σ = 6.107 Ω-1m-1) khi có
dòng điện xoay chiều với cường độ cực đại I0 = 2 A và chu kì 0.01s chạy qua dây. Biết tiết
diện ngang của dây là 0.5 mm2.

2. Inject a radio frequency (RF) current into a bar of Natrium which having conductivity of
σ = 2.3.107 Ω-1m-1. The ratio between the maximum value of conduction current and
displacement current is 40.106 times. Find the period of the RF current.

Khi phóng dòng điện cao tần vào một thanh Natri có điện dẫn xuất σ = 2.3.107 Ω-1m-1 dòng
điện dẫn cực đại có giá trị gấp khoảng 40 triệu lần dòng điện dịch cực đại. Xác định chu kì
biến đổi của dòng điện.

3. A capacitor uses an insulator having permittivity of 6 (ε = 6). Connect this capacitor with
an alternative source of U = U0 cos (ωt) in which/where U0 = 300 V and period T = 0.01s.
Find the instant value of displacement current, knowing the distance between two
capacitor’s plates is 0.4 cm.
Một tụ điện có điện môi với hằng số điện mội ε = 6 được mắc vào một hiệu điện thế xoay U
= U0 cos (ωt) với U0 = 300 V, chu kì T = 0.01s. Tìm giá trị của mật độ dòng điện dịch, biết
rằng hai bản của tụ điện cách nhau 0.4 cm.
 COURSE PHYSICS II
Oriented Exercises

Week 1-2: Chapter 1: Electrostatics

Chapter 23 – 7,8,12,23,27,29,35, (51,53 – optional)
Chapter 24 – 21,27,29,52(43,53 – optional)
Chapter 25 – 9,13

Overview
Ex 23.7.
Three charged particles are located at the corners of an equilateral triangle as shown in Figure
P23.7. Calculate the total electric force on the 7.00-C charge.

Ex 23.8.
Two small beads having positive charges 3q and q are fixed at the opposite ends of a horizontal
insulating rod, extending from the origin to the point x = d. As shown in Figure P23.8, a third small
charged bead is free to slide on the rod. At what position is the third bead in equilibrium? Explain
whether it can be in stable equilibrium.

Ex 23.12.
In Figure P23.12, determine the point (other than infinity) at which the electric field is zero.
Ex 23.23

A uniformly charged ring of radius 10.0 cm has a total charge of 75.0 C. 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.

Ex 23.27
A uniformly charged insulating rod of length 14.0 cm is bent into the shape of a semicircle as
shown in Figure P23.27. The rod has a total charge of 7.50 C. Find the magnitude and direction of
the electric field at O, the center of the semicircle.

Ex 23.29

A thin rod of length l and uniform charge per unit length  lies along the x axis as shown in Figure
P23.29.
(a) Show that the electric field at P, a distance y from the rod along its perpendicular bisector
(duong trung truc), has no x component and is given by E = 2ke sin0/y.

(b) What If? Using your result to part (a), show that the field of a rod of infinite length is E =
2ke/y.

Suggestion: First calculate the field at P due to an element of length dx, which has a charge l
dx.Then change variables from x to , using the relationships x =y tan and dx = y sec2  d, and
integrate over .
Ex 23.35
Three equal positive charges q are at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side a as shown in
Figure P23.35. (a) Assume the three charges together create an electric field. Sketch the field lines
in the plane of the charges. Find the location of one point (other than ) where the electric field is
zero. (b) What are the magnitude and direction of the electric field at P due to the two charges at the
base?

Ex 23.51ccc
Identical thin rods of length 2a carry equal charges +Q uniformly distributed along their lengths.
The rods lie along the x axis with their centers separated by a distance b>2a (Fig. P23.51). Show
that the magnitude of the force exerted by the left rod on the right one is

Ex 23.53
A line of positive charge is formed into a semicircle of radius R = 60.0 cm as shown in Figure
P23.53. The charge per unit length along the semicircle is described by the expression = 0 cos.
The total charge on the semicircle is 12.0 C. Calculate the total force on a charge of 3.00 C
placed at the center of curvature.
Ex 24. 21

A large, flat, horizontal sheet of charge has a charge per unit area of 9.00 C/m2. Find the electric
field just above the middle of the sheet.

Ex 24.27

Consider a long, cylindrical charge distribution of radius R with a uniform charge density . Find
the electric field at distance r from the axis, where r < R.

Ex 24. 29,

Consider a thin, spherical shell of radius 14.0 cm with a total charge of 32.0 C distributed
uniformly on its surface. Find the electric field (a) 10.0 cm and (b) 20.0 cm from the center of the
charge distribution.

Ex 24. 52
A sphere of radius 2a is made of a nonconducting material that has a uniform volume charge
density . (Assume the material does not affect the electric field.) A spherical cavity of radius a is
now removed from the sphere as shown in Figure P24.52. Show that the electric field within the
cavity is uniform and is given by Ex = 0 and Ey = a/30.

Suggestion: The field within the cavity is the superposition of the field due to the original uncut
sphere plus the field due to a sphere the size of the cavity with a uniform negative charge density -
.
Ex 24.43 optional
A sphere of radius R surrounds a particle with charge Q, located at its center.

(a) Show that the electric flux through a circular cap of half-angle  (Fig. P24.43) is

What is the flux for (b) = 90° and (c)  = 180°?

Ex 24. 53 (– optional)

A uniformly charged spherical shell with surface charge density  contains a circular hole in its
surface. The radius of the hole is small compared with the radius of the sphere. What is the electric
field at the center of the hole? Suggestion: This problem, like Problem 52, can be solved by using
the idea of superposition.

Week 3-4: Chapter 1: Electrostatics (continue) ; Chapter 2: Conductors and

Capacitors ; Chapter 3: Insulators

Ex 25. 32
Figure P25.32 shows several equipotential lines, each labeled by its potential in volts. The distance
between the lines of the square grid represents 1.00 cm.

(a) Is the magnitude of the field larger at A or at B? Explain how you can tell.

(b) Explain what you can determine about 𝐸⃗ at B.

(c) Represent what the field looks like by drawing at least eight field lines.
Ex 25.35

A rod of length L (Fig. P25.35) lies along the x axis with its left end at the origin. It has a
nonuniform charge density = x, where  is a positive constant. (a) What are the units of ? (b)
Calculate the electric potential at A.

Ex 25.38

A wire having a uniform linear charge density  is bent into the shape shown in Figure P25.38. Find
the electric potential at point O.

Ex 25.39 (Thomson Now)

A spherical conductor has a radius of 14.0 cm and charge of 26.0 C. Calculate the electric field
and the electric potential at (a) r= 10.0 cm, (b) r =20.0 cm, and (c) r = 14.0 cm from the center.

Ex 25.40
How many electrons should be removed from an initially uncharged spherical conductor of radius
0.300 m to produce a potential of 7.50 kV at the surface?
Ex 25. 60

The thin, uniformly charged rod shown in Figure P25.60 has a linear charge density . Find an
expression for the electric potential at P.

Ex 25.22 (optional)

Two charged particles of equal magnitude are located along the y axis equal distances above and
below the x axis as shown in Figure P25.22.

(a) Plot a graph of the potential at points along the x axis over the interval -3a < x <3a. You should
plot the potential in units of keQ /a.

(b) Let the charge of the particle located at y = -a be negative. Plot the potential along the y axis
over the interval -4a <y< 4a.

Ex 25. 55 (optional)

Calculate the work that must be done to charge a spherical shell of radius R to a total charge Q.
Tính công cần thiết để tích điện Q cho một mặt cầu bán kính R.
26 – 17
Four capacitors are connected as shown in Figure P26.17.

(a) Find the equivalent capacitance between points a and b.

(b) Calculate the charge on each capacitor, taking Vab =15.0 V.

C1 C2
C3 C4

26 –28

Two capacitors, C1 = 25.0 F and C 2 = 5.00 F, are connected in parallel and charged with a 100-V
power supply.
(a) Draw a circuit diagram and calculate the total energy stored in the two capacitors.

(b) What If? What potential difference would be required across the same two capacitors connected
in series for the combination to store the same amount of energy as in part (a)? Draw a circuit
diagram of this circuit.

26 –40
A parallel-plate capacitor in air has a plate separation of t=1.50 cm and a plate area of S=25.0 cm2.
The plates are charged to a potential difference of U0=250 V and disconnected from the source. The
capacitor is then immersed in distilled water. Determine
(a) the charge on the plates before and after immersion,

(b) the capacitance and potential difference after immersion, and

(c) the change in energy of the capacitor. Assume the liquid is an insulator.

26 –46

Two large, parallel metal plates each of area A are oriented horizontally and separated by a distance
3d. A grounded conducting wire joins them, and initially each plate carries no charge. Now a
third identical plate carrying charge Q is inserted between the two plates, parallel to them and
located a distance d from the upper plate as shown in Figure P26.46.
(a) What induced charge appears on each of the two original plates?
(b) What potential difference appears between the middle plate and each of the other plates?
26 –50

(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.

26 –51
A parallel-plate capacitor is constructed using a dielectric material whose dielectric constant is
=3.00 and whose dielectric strength is 2.00 x 108 V/m. The desired capacitance is 0.250 F, and
the capacitor must withstand a maximum potential difference of 4.00 kV. Find the minimum area of
the capacitor plates.

26 –56

A capacitor is constructed from two square, metallic plates of sides l and separation d. Charges +Q
and -Q are placed on the plates, and the power supply is then removed. A material of dielectric
constant k is inserted a distance x into the capacitor as shown in Figure P26.56. Assume d is much
smaller than x.

(a) Find the equivalent capacitance of the device.

(b) Calculate the energy stored in the capacitor.
(c) Find the direction and magnitude of the force exerted by the plates on the dielectric.
(d) Obtain a numerical value for the force when x =l/2, assuming l = 5.00 cm, d = 2.00 mm, the
dielectric is glass (k = 4.50), and the capacitor was charged to 2 000 V before the dielectric was
inserted.

Suggestion: The system can be considered as two capacitors connected in parallel.

26 – 53(-optional)

(a) Two spheres have radii a and b, and their centers are a distance d apart. Show that the
capacitance of this system is

provided d is large compared with a and b.

Suggestion: Because the spheres are far apart, assume the potential of each equals the sum of the
potentials due to each sphere. When calculating those potentials, assume V = keQ/r applies.

(b) Show that as d approaches infinity, the above result reduces to that of two spherical capacitors
in series.
Week 5-6: Chapter 4: Magnetic field
30 – 4

A conductor consists of a circular loop of radius R and two straight, long sections as shown in
Figure P30.4. The wire lies in the plane of the paper and carries a current I. Find an expression for
the vector magnetic field at the center of the loop.

30 – 5 

Determine the magnetic field at a point P located a distance x from the corner of an infinitely long
wire bent at a right angle as shown in Figure P30.5. The wire carries a steady current I.

30 – 9

One long wire carries current 30.0 A to the left along the x axis. A second long wire carries current
50.0 A to the right along the line (y = 0.280 m, z =0). (a) Where in the plane of the two wires is the
total magnetic field equal to zero? (b) A particle with a charge of -2.00 C is moving with a
velocity of 150 Mm/s along the line (y =0.100 m, z = 0). Calculate the vector magnetic force acting
on the particle. (c) What If? A uniform electric field is applied to allow this particle to pass through
this region undeflected. Calculate the required vector electric field.

30 – 10

A current path shaped as shown in Figure P30.10 produces a magnetic field at P, the center of the
arc. If the arc subtends an angle of 30.0° and the radius of the arc is 0.600 m, what are the
magnitude and direction of the field produced at P if the current is 3.00 A?
30 – 15

Two long, parallel conductors carry currents I1 =3.00 A and I2 = 3.00 A, both directed into the page
in Figure P30.15. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant magnetic field at P.

30 – 17

In Figure P30.17, the current in the long, straight wire is I1 = 5.00 A and the wire lies in the plane of
the rectangular loop, which carries the current I2 = 10.0 A. The dimensions are c = 0.100 m, a =
0.150 m, and l= 0.450 m. Find the magnitude and direction of the net force exerted on the loop by
the magnetic field created by the wire.

30 – 19

Two long, parallel wires are attracted to each other by a force per unit length of 320 N/m when
they are separated by a vertical distance of 0.500 m. The current in the upper wire is 20.0 A to the
right. Determine the location of the line in the plane of the two wires along which the total magnetic
field is zero.

30 – 23 

Four long, parallel conductors carry equal currents of I = 5.00 A. Figure P30.23 is an end view of
the conductors. The current direction is into the page at points A and B (indicated by the crosses)
and out of the page at C and D (indicated by the dots). Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
magnetic field at point P, located at the center of the square of edge length 0.200 m.
30 – 25

Figure P30.25 is a cross-sectional view of a coaxial cable. The center conductor is surrounded by a
rubber layer, which is surrounded by an outer conductor, which is surrounded by another rubber
layer. In a particular application, the current in the inner conductor is 1.00 A out of the page and the
current in the outer conductor is 3.00 A into the page. Determine the magnitude and direction of the
magnetic field at points a and b.

30 – 31

A long, cylindrical conductor of radius R carries a current I as shown in Figure P30.31. The current
density J, however, is not uniform over the cross section of the conductor but is a function of the
radius according to J = br, where b is a constant. Find an expression for the magnetic field
magnitude B (a) at a distance r1 <R and (b) at a distance r2 > R, measured from the axis.
Section 30.5 Gauss’s Law in Magnetism

30 – 39

A cube of edge length l= 2.50 cm is positioned as shown in Figure P30.39. A uniform magnetic
field given by B= (5iˆ + 4jˆ + 3k)T exists throughout the region. (a) Calculate the magnetic flux
through the shaded face. (b) What is the total flux through the six faces?

30 – 41

A solenoid 2.50 cm in diameter and 30.0 cm long has 300 turns and carries 12.0 A. (a) Calculate the
flux through the surface of a disk of radius 5.00 cm that is positioned perpendicular to and centered
on the axis of the solenoid, as shown in Figure P30.41a. (b) Figure P30.41b shows an enlarged end
view of the same solenoid. Calculate the flux through the blue area, which is an annulus with an
inner radius of 0.400 cm and an outer radius of 0.800 cm.

29 – 22

A particle in the cyclotron shown in Figure 29.15a gains energy q V from the alternating power
supply each time it passes from one dee to the other. The time interval for each full orbit is

so the particle’s average rate of increase in energy is

Note that this power input is constant in time. (a) Show that the rate of increase in the radius r of its
path is not constant, but is given by

(b) Describe how the path of the particles in Figure 29.15a could be drawn more realistically. (c) At
what rate is the radial position of the protons in Problem 20 increasing immediately before the
protons leave the cyclotron? (d) By how much does the radius of the protons’path increase during
their last full revolution?

29 – 58

A uniform magnetic field of magnitude 0.150 T is directed along the positive x axis. A positron
moving at 5.00 x 106 m/s enters the field along a direction that makes an angle of 85.0° with the x
axis (Fig. P29.58). The motion of the particle is expected to be a helix as described in Section 29.2.
Calculate (a) the pitch p and (b) the radius r of the trajectory.
Week 7-8: Chapter 4: Magnetic field (continue)

30 –51 

A nonconducting ring of radius 10.0 cm is uniformly charged with a total positive charge 10.0 C.
The ring rotates at a constant angular speed 20.0 rad/s about an axis through its center,
perpendicular to the plane of the ring. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field on the axis of the
ring 5.00 cm from its center?

30 –54
Two identical, flat, circular coils of wire each have 100 turns and a radius of 0.500 m. The coils are
arranged as a set of Helmholtz coils (see Fig. P30.53), parallel and with separation 0.500 m. Each
coil carries a current of 10.0 A. Determine the magnitude of the magnetic field at a point on the
common axis of the coils and halfway between them.

30 –58

What objects experience a force in an electric field? Chapter 23 gives the answer: any object with
electric charge, stationary or moving, other than the charged object that created the field. What
creates an electric field? Any object with electric charge, stationary or moving, as you studied in
Chapter 23. What objects experience a force in a magnetic field? An electric current or a moving
electric charge, other than the current or charge that created the field, as discussed in Chapter 29.
What creates a magnetic field? An electric current, as you studied in Section 30.1, or a moving
electric charge, as shown in this problem. (a) To understand how a moving charge creates a
magnetic field, consider a particle with charge q moving with velocity. Define the position vector
leading from the particle to some location. Show that the magnetic field at that location is

(b) Find the magnitude of the magnetic field 1.00 mm to the side of a proton moving at 2.00107
m/s.

(c) Find the magnetic force on a second proton at this point, moving with the same speed in the
opposite direction.
(d) Find the electric force on the second proton.

31 – 4

Your physics teacher asks you to help her set up a demonstration of Faraday’s law for the class. As
shown in Figure P31.4, the apparatus consists of a strong, permanent magnet producing a field of
110 mT between its poles, a 12-turn coil of radius 2.10 cm cemented onto a wood frame with a
handle, some flexible connecting wires, and an ammeter. The idea is to pull the coil out of the
center of the magnetic field as quickly as you can and read the average current registered on the
meter. The equivalent resistance of the coil, leads, and meter is 2.30 . You can flip the coil out of
the field in about 180 ms. The ammeter has a full-scale sensitivity of 1 000 A. (a) Is this meter
sensitive enough to show the induced current clearly? Explain your reasoning. (b) Does the meter in
the diagram register a positive or a negative current? Explain your reasoning.

31 – 7 

A strong electromagnet produces a uniform magneticfield of 1.60 T over a cross-sectional area of

0.200 m2. Acoil having 200 turns and a total resistance of 20.0  is placed around the
electromagnet. The current in the electromagnet is then smoothly reduced until it reaches zero in
20.0 ms. What is the current induced in the coil?

31 – 9 

An aluminum ring of radius 5.00 cm and resistance 3.0010-4  is placed around one end of a long
air-core solenoid with 1 000 turns per meter and radius 3.00 cm as shown in Figure P31.9. Assume
the axial component of the field produced by the solenoid is one-half as strong over the area of the
end of the solenoid as at the center of the solenoid. Also assume the solenoid produces negligible
field outside its cross-sectional area. The current in the solenoid is increasing at a rate of 270 A/s.
(a) What is the induced current in the ring? At the center of the ring, what are (b) the magnitude and
(c) the direction of the magnetic field produced by the induced current in the ring?

31 – 22

Consider the arrangement shown in Figure P31.22. Assume R = 6.00 , l= 1.20 m, and a uniform
2.50-T magnetic field is directed into the page. At what speed should the bar be moved to produce a
current of 0.500 A in the resistor?

31 – 29

A rectangular coil with resistance R has N turns, each of length l and width w as shown in Figure
P31.29. The coil moves into a uniform magnetic field 𝐵⃗ with constant velocity 𝑣⃗ . What are the
magnitude and direction of the total magnetic force on the coil
(a) as it enters the magnetic field,
(b) as it moves within the field, and
(c) as it leaves the field?
31 – 30

In Figure P31.30, the bar magnet is moved toward the loop. Is (Va – Vb) positive, negative, or zero?
Explain your reasoning.

31 – 31

Two parallel rails with negligible resistance are 10.0 cm apart and are connected by a 5.00-
resistor. The circuit also contains two metal rods having resistances of 10.0  and 15.0  sliding
along the rails (Fig. P31.31). The rods are pulled away from the resistor at constant speeds of 4.00
m/s and 2.00 m/s, respectively. A uniform magnetic field of magnitude 0.010 0 T is applied
perpendicular to the plane of the rails. Determine the current in the 5.00- resistor.

Section 31.4 Induced emf and Electric Fields

31 – 32

For the situation shown in Figure P31.32, the magnetic field changes with time according to the
expression B = (2.00t3 - 4.00t2 + 0.800) T, and r2 = 2R = 5.00 cm.
 (a) Calculate the magnitude and direction of the force exerted on an electron located at point P2
when t = 2.00 s.

(b) At what instant is this force equal to zero?

31 – 61

A rectangular loop of dimensions l and w moves with a constant velocity 𝑣⃗ away from a long wire
that carries a current I in the plane of the loop (Fig. P31.62). The total resistance of the loop is R.
Derive an expression that gives the current in the loop at the instant the near side is a distance r
from the wire.

Week 9-10: Chapter 5: Inductance and Self-Inductance;

 32-1 

A 2.00-H inductor carries a steady current of 0.500 A. When the switch in the circuit is opened, the
current is effectively zero after 10.0 ms. What is the average induced emf in the inductor during this
time interval?

32-3 

10.0-mH inductor carries a current I = Imax sin t, with Imax = 5.00 A and f=/2 = 60.0 Hz. What is
the selfinduced emf as a function of time?

32-5 

An inductor in the form of a solenoid contains 420 turns, is 16.0 cm in length, and has a cross-
sectional area of 3.00 cm2. What uniform rate of decrease of current through the inductor induces an
emf of 175 V?

32-6
The current in a 90.0-mH inductor changes with time as I = 1.00t2 - 6.00t (in SI units). Find the
magnitude of the induced emf at (a) t = 1.00 s and (b) t = 4.00 s. (c) At what time is the emf zero?

32-7 

A 40.0-mA current is carried by a uniformly wound aircore solenoid with 450 turns, a 15.0-mm
diameter, and 12.0-cm length. Compute (a) the magnetic field inside the solenoid, (b) the magnetic
flux through each turn, and (c) the inductance of the solenoid. (d) What If? If the current were
different, which of these quantities would change?

Midterm-test;

Week 11-12: Chapter 5: Inductance and Self-Inductance;

32-10

Show that 𝐼 = 𝐼 . 𝑒 is a solution of the differential equation

where Io is the current at t = 0 and  = L/R.

32-11 

A 12.0-V battery is connected into a series circuit containing a 10.0- resistor and a 2.00-H
inductor. In what time interval will the current reach (a) 50.0% and (b) 90.0% of its final value?
32-12 

In the circuit diagrammed in Figure P32.12, take =12.0 V and R = 24.0 . Assume the switch is
open for t < 0 and is closed at t = 0. On a single set of axes, sketch graphs of the current in the
circuit as a function of time for t  0, assuming

(a) the inductance in the circuit is essentially zero,

(b) the inductance has an intermediate value, and
(c) the inductance has a very large value. Label the initial and final values of the current.

32-21  

A 140-mH inductor and a 4.90- resistor are connected with a switch to a 6.00-V battery as shown
in Figure P32.21. (a) After the switch is thrown to a (connecting the battery), what time interval
elapses before the current reaches 220 mA? (b) What is the current in the inductor 10.0 s after the
switch is closed? (c) Now the switch is quickly thrown from a to b. What time interval elapses
before the current falls to 160 mA?

32-24
The magnetic field inside a superconducting solenoid is 4.50 T. The solenoid has an inner diameter
of 6.20 cm and a length of 26.0 cm. Determine (a) the magnetic energy density in the field and (b)
the energy stored in the magnetic field within the solenoid.

32-25 

On a clear day at a certain location, a 100-V/m vertical electric field exists near the Earth’s surface.
At the same place, the Earth’s magnetic field has a magnitude of 0.50010-4 T. Compute the energy
densities of the two fields.
32-30
Two coils are close to each other. The first coil carries current given by

I(t) = (5.00 A)e-0.0250t.sin(377t). At t = 0.800 s, the emf measured across the second coil is -3.20 V.
What is the mutual inductance of the coils?

32-33 

Two solenoids A and B, spaced close to each other and sharing the same cylindrical axis, have 400
and 700 turns, respectively. A current of 3.50 A in coil A produces an average flux of 300 µWb
through each turn of A and a flux of 90.0 µWb through each turn of B. (a) Calculate the mutual
inductance of the two solenoids. (b) What is the inductance of A? (c) What emf is induced in B
when the current in A increases at the rate of 0.500 A/s?

32-38

An LC circuit consists of a 20.0-mH inductor and a 0.500-µF capacitor. If the maximum

instantaneous current is 0.100 A, what is the greatest potential difference across the capacitor?

32-41 

A fixed inductance L = 1.05 mH is used in series with a variable capacitor in the tuning section of a
radiotelephone on a ship. What capacitance tunes the circuit to the signal from a transmitter
broadcasting at 6.30 MHz?

32-42
The switch in Figure P32.42 is connected to point a for a long time interval. After the switch is
thrown to point b, what are (a) the frequency of oscillation of the LC circuit, (b) the maximum
charge that appears on the capacitor, (c) the maximum current in the inductor, and (d) the total
energy the circuit possesses at t = 3.00 s?
Week 13-14: Chapter 6: Electromagnetic field, Oscillation Wave
Chapter 7: Maxwell’s equations and Displacement current
Chapter 8: Wave optics and Interference of Light
32-45 

Consider an LC circuit in which L= 500 mH and C =0.100 F. (a) What is the resonance frequency
0? (b) If a resistance of 1.00 k is introduced into this circuit, what is the frequency of the
(damped) oscillations? (c) What is the percent difference between the two frequencies?

32-47

Electrical oscillations are initiated in a series circuit containing a capacitance C, inductance L, and
resistance R. (a) If (weak damping), what time interval elapses before the amplitude
of the current oscillation falls to 50.0% of its initial value? (b) Over what time interval does the
energy decrease to 50.0% of its initial value?

32-55

A time-varying current I is sent through a 50.0-mH inductor as shown in Figure P32.55. Make a
graph of the potential at point b relative to the potential at point a.

32-59

At t = 0, the open switch in Figure P32.59 is thrown closed. Using Kirchhoff’s rules for the
instantaneous currents and voltages in this two-loop circuit, show that the current in the inductor at
time t > 0 is

34-23

In a region of free space, the electric field at an instant of time is

and the magnetic field is
(a) Show that the two fields are perpendicular to each other.

(b) Determine the Poynting vector for these fields.

 34-25
High-power lasers in factories are used to cut through cloth and metal (Fig. P34.25). One such laser
has a beam diameter of 1.00 mm and generates an electric field having an amplitude of 0.700
MV/m at the target. Find (a) the amplitude of the magnetic field produced, (b) the intensity of the
laser, and (c) the power delivered by the laser

34-29

A radio wave transmits 25.0 W/m2 of power per unit area. A flat surface of area A is perpendicular
to the direction of propagation of the wave. Calculate the radiation pressure on it, assuming the
surface is a perfect absorber.

34-61

The electromagnetic power radiated by a nonrelativistic particle with charge q moving with
acceleration a is

where 0 is the permittivity of free space (also called the permittivity of vacuum) and c is the speed
of light in vacuum. (a) Show that the right side of this equation has units of watts. (b) An electron is
placed in a constant electric field of magnitude 100 N/C. Determine the acceleration of the electron
and the electromagnetic power radiated by this electron. (c) What If? If a proton is placed in a
cyclotron with a radius of 0.500 m and a magnetic field of magnitude 0.350 T, what
electromagnetic power does this proton radiate?

Supplement problems
37-3,16,18

Week 15: Chapter 8: Wave optics and Interference of Light

Chapter 9: Diffraction and Polarization