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PHYSICS 1B: Prelims Reviewer

Solve the following problems CLEARLY and COMPLETELY. Box your final answers.

1. The magnitude of the electricity field between two parallel metal plates carrying equalquantity of
opposite electric charges is 4.6 x 10 3 N/C. The plates are separated by a distance of 5 cm. if an
electron is released from rest at the surface of the negative plate, after how many seconds will it
strike the positive plate? Ans. 1.1126 X 10-8 s

2. Three point charges of Q1 (of charge +100statC), Q2(of charge -200statC) and Q3 (of charge -
300statC) are located at the following respective positions: (0,1.0 cm), (1.0cm, 1.0cm), and
(1.0cm, 0). What is the work done in moving a fourth charge Q4 (of charge +40 statC) from point
A located at (0.5cm, 0.5cm) to point B located at the origin?Ans. 8970.5627 ergs.

3. A point charge of +24 statC is placed 6sm from a second point charge of -12 statC. (a) What
force is exerted on each charge? (b) what is the resultant force on a charge of +3 StatC placed
midway between them? (c) at what point to the right of the -12 statC must the +3statC charge be
placed for the resultant force on it to vanish? Ans. (a) 8dyn, attraction; (b)12 dynes, towards -
Q2; (c) 14.4853cm

4. A positively charged ball Qa, is placed at the origin of the coordinate axes. A second ball, Qb=-
100uC, is placed at (2cm,0). A third charged ball, Qc, is placed at (-3cm,4cm), and a fourth
charged ball, Qd, is placed at (0,-4cm). It is only Qa that is positively charged. If the resultant
force on Qa, at the origin of the coordinate axes, is zero: (a) what must be the value of the charge
Qc? (b) what must be the value of the charge Qd? Ans. (a) 1041.6667uC; (b)
533.3335uC(negative)

5. Two initially uncharged small spheres, each of mass 10g, are held by threads 70cm long. Equal
negative charges are then imparted in the spheres by adding a number of electrons to each The
Bodies come to rest when each thread makes an angle of 6.980 with respect to the vertical. How
many electrons have been added to each sphere? Ans. 1.2277x1012 e-

6. In a rectangular coordinate system, a charge of 25nC is placed at the origin of coordinates, and a
charge of -25nC is placed at the point x=0, y=8m. What is the electric field intensity at (a) (0,4m),
(b) B(4m,0) and (c) C(4m,4m,). Ans. (a) 28.125 N/C, upward ; (b) 13.0495 N/C, ⊖= 11.11470
QI; (c) 9.94 N/C, upward.

7. A solid metal sphere of radius 0.45 m carries a net charge of 0.25nC. Find the magnitude of the
electric field: (a) at a point 0.1m outside the surface of the sphere; (b) at the surface of the sphere;
(c) at a point inside the sphere, 0.1m below the surface. Ans. (a) 7.438N/C; (b) 11.1111N/C;(c) 0

8. Charges +Q,+Q, and -Q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle whose side is ‘S:
a. What is the potential energy for a charge +q at a point a, the centroid of the triangle, due to
these 3 charges?
b. What is the potential at point ‘A’, the centroid of the triangle, due to these 3 charges?
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c. What is the potential at point b, midway between charges +Q and -Q, in the presence of these
3 charges?
d. What is the potential at point b, midwy between charges +Q and -Q, due to these 3 charges?
e. What is the work done by the field in transferring a charge +q from point a to point b, if
charge +q starts from rest at point a?
ANSWERS:
a. √3 kqQ/s
b. √3 kqQ/s
c. (2/3)(√3 )kqQ/s
d. (2/3)(√3 )kqQ/s
e. (1/3)(√3 )kqQ/s

9. A charge of +28nC is placed in a uniform electric field that is directed vertically upward and has
a magnitude of 4.00 x 104 V/m. What work is done by the electric force when the charge moves:
a) 0.0450 m to the right
b) 0.670m upward?
c) 2.60m at an angle of 450 downward from the horizontal?
ANSWERS:
a. 0
b. 7.504x10-4 J (done by the electric field)
c. -2.0591 x 103 J (done by an outside force against the electric field)

10. How many excess electrons must be added to an isolated spherical conductor 32 cm in diameter
to produce an electric field of 1150 N/C just outside the surface? Ans.2.0444 x 1010 e-

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