Electric Fields Questions

1. Calculate the electric force between two point charges of –4.00 C and
–3.00 C when they are 2.00 cm apart. (270 N)

2. The diagram below shows a 10µC charge and a -12 µC separated by a distance
of 0.25 m. Calculate the force acting on charge A. (-17N)

3. 0.020 J of work is done on a charge of 80 C as it jumps across a spark gap in

the spark plug of a car. What was the potential difference across the gap?
(250 V)

4. What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field at point X in the diagram
below? (5.8 x 105 NC-1 right)

Q1 = -20 C Q2 = +8.0 C
_ X
+ 
60 cm 30 cm

5. A +40 C charge and a –60 C charge are set 1.0 m apart as shown in the
diagram. Calculate the electric field (magnitude and direction) at a point 0.25 m
to the left of the +40 C charge. (5.4 x 106 NC-1 left)

+40 C –60 C

0.25 m 1.0 m