REVISIONS CHAPTER 24

1. Two charges of 15 pC and -40 pC are inside a cube with sides that are of 0.40-m length.
Determine the net electric flux through the surface of the cube. (ans: -2.82 Nm2/C)
2. The total electric flux through a closed cylindrical (length = 1.2 m, diameter = 0.20 m)
surface is equal to -5.0 N.m2/C. Determine the net charge within the cylinder. (ans: -44
pC)
3. Charges q and Q are placed on the axis at x = 0 and x = 2.0 m, respectively. If q = -40 pC
and Q = +30 pC, determine the net flux through a spherical surface (radius = 1.0 m)
centered on the origin. (ans: -4.5 Nm2/C)
4. A uniform linear charge density of 4.0 nC/m is distributed along the entire x axis.
Consider a spherical (radius = 5.0 cm) surface centerded on the origin. Detemrine the
electric flux through this surface. (ans: 45 N.m2/C)
5. A uniform charge density of 500 nC/m2 is distributed throughout a spherical volume
(radius = 16 cm). Consider a cubical (4.0 cm along the edge) surface completely inside
the sphere. Determine the electric flux through this surface. (ans: 3.6 N.m2/C)
6. A long cylinder (radius = 3.0 cm) is filled with a nonconducting material which carries a
uniform charge density of 1.3 μC/m3. Determine the electric flux through a spherical
surface (radius = 2.0 cm) which has a point on the axis of the cylinder as its center. (ans:
4.9 N.m2/C)
7. The electric field in the region of space shown is given by E = (8i +2yj) N/C where y is in
m. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the top face of the cube shown?
(ans: 54 N.m2/C)

8. Charge of uniform surface density (0.20 nC/m2) is distributed over the entire xy plane.
Determine the magnitude of the electric field at any point having z =2.0 m. (ans: 11 N/C)
9. Two infinite parallel surfaces carry uniform charge densities of 0.20 nC/m 2 and -0.60
nC/m2. What is the magnitude of the electric field at a point between the two surfaces?
(ans: 45 N/C)
10. Two infinite, uniformly charged, flat surfaces are mutually perpendicular. One of the
sheets has a charge density of +60 pC/m 2, and the other carries a charge density of -
 80pC/m2. What is the magnitude of the electric field at any point not on either surface?
(ans: 5.6 N/C)
11. A long nonconducting cylinder (radius = 12 cm) has a charge of uniform density (5.0
nC/m3) distributed throughout its column. Determine the magnitude of the electric field
5.0 cm from the axis of the cylinder. (ans: 14 N/C)
12. A long nonconducting cylinder (radius = 12 cm) has a charge of uniform density (5.0
nC/m3) distributed throughout its volume. Determine the magnitude of the electric field
15 cm from the axis of the cylinder. (ans: 27 N/C)
13. Each 2.0-m length of a long cylinder (radius = 4.0 mm) has a charge of 4.0 nC distributed
uniformly throughout its volume. What is the magnitude of the electric field at a point 5.0
mm from the axis of the cylinder? (ans: 7.2 kN/C)
14. A long cylindrical shell (radius = 2.0 cm) has a charge uniformly distributed on its
surface. If the magnitude of the electric field at a point 8.0 cm radially outward from the
axis of the shell is 85 N/C, how much charge is distributed on a 2.0-m length of the
charged cylindrical surface? (ans: 0.76 nC)
15. Charge of uniform linear density (4.0 nC/m) is distributed along the entire x axis.
Determine the magnitude of the electric field on the y axis at y = 2.5 m. (ans: 29 N/C)
16. Charge of uniform density (80 nC/m3) is distributed throughout a hollow cylindrical
region formed by two coaxial cylindrical surfaces of radii 1.0 mm and 3.0 mm.
Determine the magnitude of the ecltric field at a point which is 2.0 mm from the
symmetry axis. (ans: 6.8 N/C)
17. Charge of uniform density (80 nC/m3) is distributed throughout a hollow and cylindrical
region formed by two coaxial cylindrical surfaces of radii 1.0 mm and 3.0 mm.
Determine the magnitude of the electric field at a point which is 4.0 mm from the
symmetry axis. (ans: 9.0 N/C)
18. Charge of uniform density (40 pC/m2) is distributed on a spherical surface (radius = 1.0
cm) and a second concentric spherical surface (radius = 3.0 cm) carries a uniform charge
density of 60 pC/m2. What is the magnitude of the electric field at a point 4.0 cm from the
center of the two surfaces? (ans: 4.1 N/C)
19. A point charge (5.0 pC) is located at the center of a spherical surface (radius = 2.0 cm)
and a charge of 3.0 pC is spread uniformly upon this surface. Determine the magnitude of
the electric field 1.0 cm from the point charge. (ans: 0.45 kN/C)
20. A 4.0-pC point charge is placed at the center of a hollow (inner radius = 2.0 cm, outer
radius = 4.0 cm) conducting sphere which has a net charge of 4.0 pC. Determine the
magnitude of the electric field at a point which is 6.0 cm from the point charge. (ans: 20
N/C)
21. The axis of a long hollow metallic cylinder (inner radius = 1.0 cm, outer radius = 2.0 cm)
coincides with a long wire. The wire has a linear charge density of -8.0 pC/m and the
cylinder has a net charge per unit length of -4.0 pC/m. Determine the magnitude of the
electric field 3.0 cm from the axis. (ans: 7.2 N/C)
22. A point charge of 6.0 nC is placed at the center of a hollow spherical conductor (inner
radius = 1.0 cm, outer radius = 2.0 cm) which has a net charge of 4.0 nC. Determine the
 resulting surface charge density on the inner surface of the conducting sphere. (ans: -4.8
μC/m2)

Solution