National University of Sciences & Technology

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Department of Humanities and Sciences
PHY-101: Applied Physics (3+1): 2k21-BSCS11-C Spring 2022
Assignment 3
CLO3: Analyze problems related to electrodynamics.
Maximum Marks: 08 (02 Marks for Class Instructor: Dr. M. Imran Malik
Participation)
Announcement Date: 29-06-2022 Due Date: 06-07-2022
Instructions:
1. Give all steps in every question to obtain maximum marks
2. Attach a title page in the beginning with your name and Qalam-Odoo ID as per the format already shared.
3. Your assignment should be neat, avoid plagiarism (Copying questions from other students)

Tasks: Attempt all questions.

1) Two particles, with charges of 20.0 nC and -20.0 nC, are placed at the points with coordinates (0,
4.00 cm) and (0, -4.00 cm), as shown in Figure 3. A particle with charge 10.0 nC is located at the
origin. (a) Find the electric potential energy of the configuration of the three fixed charges. (b) A
fourth particle, with a mass of 2.00 × 10-13 kg and a charge of 40.0 nC, is released from rest at the
point (3.00 cm, 0). Find its speed after it has moved freely to a very large distance away.
2) A solid cube of silver (density = 10.5 g/cm3) has a mass of 90.0 g. (a) what is the resistance between
opposite faces of the cube? (b) Assume each silver atom contributes one conduction electron. Find
the average drift speed of electrons when a potential difference of 1.00 × 10-5 V is applied to
opposite faces. The atomic number of silver is 47, and its molar mass is 107.87 g/mol.
3) An α-particle moves in a circle of radius 5.0 × 10-2 m in a magnetic field of 2.0 T. Find the speed
of the α-particle and the frequency and period of the motion

4) Two long parallel wires separated by 0.60m carry antiparallel currents (the currents are physically
parallel but in opposite directions) of 7.0 A each. What is the resulting field along the line between
the wires and 0.40m from the lower wire?

5) A conductor suspended by two flexible wires as shown in figure has a mass per unit length of
0.040 0 kg/m. What current must exist in the conductor in order for the tension in the supporting
wires to be zero when the magnetic field is 3.60 T into the page? What is the required direction for
the current?

6) Two circular loops are parallel, coaxial, and almost in contact, 1.00 mm apart. Each loop is 10.0cm
 in radius. The top loop carries a clockwise current of 140 A. The bottom loop carries a
counterclockwise current of 140 A. Calculate the magnetic force exerted by the bottom loop on the
top loop

7) A current 10 A flowing through a straight wire is split at point A in two semicircular wires of radius
0.1 m. The resistances of upper and lower semicircular wires are 10 and 20 respectively. The
currents rejoin to flow in the straight wire again as shown in the figure below.
Determine the magnitude and direction of magnetic field at the center “O”. o = 4 10−7T.m / A

8) Four long copper wires are parallel to each other, their cross sections forming the corners of a square
with side a = 20cm. A 20A current exists in each wire in the direction shown in the figure below.
What are the magnitude and direction of B at the center of square?