Electric Fields and Forces

1. Three charges are arranged in the linear isolated configuration seen below.

(a) Find the direction and magnitude of all the electric forces acting in the system.
(b) Rank these electric forces from weakest to strongest.

2. An isolated system of fixed charges is placed in the configuration as seen below.

(a) Find the electric field (magnitude and direction) at the origin.
(b) Find the net force exerted on the +q charge.

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3. A thin rod with uniform charge +Q and length L is placed with one end at (0, b) and the
other end at (0, −b).

(a) Find the electric field at the point (a, 0) along the x-axis.
(b) Find the electric field at the point (a, 0) along the x-axis for a ≫ b.
(c) If a point charge +2q is then placed at (a, 0), find the force exerted on the point charge
by the rod

4. A charge of magnitude +2q is fixed at the origin. A second charge, −q, is fixed at distance
d away from the origin on the positive x-axis. Find the points where the electric field is
zero.

5. Three charges are placed in the configuration shown below. Find the electric field at the
origin.