PROBLEM SET

(BUOYANCY, FLUID PRESSURE, THERMAL EXPANSION, HEAT, ELECTRIC FORCE AND FIELD)
1. A copper bar is 1 m long at 200C. At what temperature will it be shorter by 1 mm? ∝cu = 17 x10-6/Co
Ans. -380C

2. A 0.6 kg copper container holds 1.5kg of water at 200C. A 0.1kg iron ball at 1200C is dropped into the water. What
is the final temperature of the water? Ccu = 386 J/kg Co, Ciron = 449 J/kg Co, Cwater = 4186 J/kg C
Ans. 20.68oC

3. If a 50mL glass beaker is filled to the brim with ethyl alcohol at a room temperature of 5 0C, how much will
overflow when its temperature reaches 22 0C? B) How much less water would overflow under the same
conditions? ∝glass = 5.9 x10-5/Co, βethy = 1100 x10-6/Co, βwater = 214 x10-6/Co
Voverflow=0.235mL

4. A) What fraction of cork with a density of 240 kg/m3 will be submerged when floating in the water? B) If the cork
has a mass of 10 g and a 20g bar of a magnet is placed on it, what fraction of the cork will be submerged?
Ans. A) 0.24 b) 0.72

5. A charge Q exerts a 12 N force on another charge q. If the distance between the charges is doubled, what is the
magnitude of the force exerted on Q by q?
Ans. 3N

6. Three charges are located along the x-axis as shown in the drawing. The mass of the –1.2 µC is 4.0  10–9 kg.
A. Determine the electric force on the -1.2 µC.
B. Determine the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the –1.2 µC charge when it is allowed to move
if the other two charges remain fixed.

Answer: 15x10-5 N

7. The radius of the left piston is 0.12m and the radius of the right piston is 0.65 m. If f were raised by 14 N, how
much would F need to be increased to maintain equilibrium?

Ans. 410.76 N

8. A solid titanium sphere of radius 0.35m has a 4500 kg/m3 density. It is held suspended completely underwater by
a cable. What is the tension in the cable?
Ans. T= 6160.9 N

9. Two point charges of -4μC and -3.3μC separated by 4cm. Where in between the two charges the electric field is
zero.
Ans. 2.09 from -4μC

10. If a 0.2μC charge experiences a force of 5x10-5 N due to an unknown source charge, what is the magnitude of
the electric field the unknown charge produces at that location?
Ans. 2.5x 10-5 N/C