(1) A proton is released from rest at x=-5.

00 cm in a constant electric field with magnitude 200

N/C, pointing in the positive x-direction. (a) Calculate the change in the electric potential
energy associated with the proton when it reaches x = 5.00 cm. (b) An electron is now fired in
the same direction from the same position. What is its change in electric potential energy
associated with the electron if it reaches x = 10.0 cm? (c) If the direction of the electric field is
reversed and an electron is released from rest at x =4.00 cm, by how much has the electric
potential energy changed when the electron reaches x =9.00 cm?

(2) In atom smashers (also known as cyclotrons and linear accelerators), charged particles are
accelerated in much the same way they are accelerated in TV tubes: through potential
differences. Suppose a proton is injected at a speed of 1.00×106 m/s between two plates 5.00
cm apart, as shown in Figure P16.1. The proton subsequently accelerates across the gap and
exits through the opening. (a) What must the electric potential difference be if the exit speed
is to be 2.00×106 m/s? (b) What is the magnitude of the electric field between the plates?

Figure P16.1
(3) A 6.00-μC point charge is at the origin, and a point charge q2 = - 4.00 μC is on the x-axis at
(3.00, 0) m, as in Figure P16.2. (a) If the electric potential is taken to be zero at infinity, find
the total electric potential due to these charges at point P with coordinates (0, 4.00) m. (b)
How much work is required to bring a third point charge of 5.00 μC from infinity to P?

Figure P16.2

(4) A parallel-plate capacitor has an area A = 4.00 x 10-4 m2 and a plate separation d = 5.00 x 10-3
m. (a) Find its capacitance. (b) How much charge is on the positive plate if the capacitor is
connected to a 3.00-V battery? (c) Calculate the charge density on the positive plate, assuming
the density is uniform, and (d) the magnitude of the electric field between the plates.
(5) Oppositely charged parallel plates are separated by 5.00 mm. A potential difference of 500 V
exists between the plates. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field between the plates?
(b) What is the magnitude of the force on an electron between the plates? (c) How much work
must be done on the electron to move it to the negative plate if it is initially positioned 3.00
mm from the positive plate?

(6) (a) Find the electric potential, taking zero at infinity, at the upper right corner (the corner
without a charge) of the rectangle in Figure P16.7. (b) Repeat if the 2.00-μC charge is
replaced with a charge of -2.00 μC.

Figure P16.7
(7) The three charges in Figure P16.8 are at the vertices of an isosceles triangle. Let q = 7.00 nC,
and calculate the electric potential at the midpoint of the base.

Figure P16.8