Physics II Problems

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CHAPTER 21 Electric Charge and Electric Field
21.26 . A particle has charge -3.00 nC. (a) Find the magnitude
and direction of the electric eld due to this particle at a point
0.250 m directly above it. (b) At what distance from this particle
does its electric eld have a magnitude of 12.0 N>C?
21.27 . CP A proton is traveling horizontally to the right at
4.50 * 10 6 m>s. (a) Find the magnitude and direction of the
weakest electric eld that can bring the proton uniformly to rest
over a distance of 3.20 cm. (b) How much time does it take the
proton to stop after entering the eld? (c) What minimum eld
(magnitude and direction) would be needed to stop an electron
under the conditions of part (a)?
21.28 . CP An electron is released from rest in a uniform electric
eld. The electron accelerates vertically upward, traveling 4.50 m
in the rst 3.00 ms after it is released. (a) What are the magnitude
and direction of the electric eld? (b) Are we justied in ignoring
the effects of gravity? Justify your answer quantitatively.
21.29 .. (a) What must the charge (sign and magnitude) of a
1.45-g particle be for it to remain stationary when placed in a
downward-directed electric eld of magnitude 650 N>C? (b) What
is the magnitude of an electric eld in which the electric force on a
proton is equal in magnitude to its weight?
21.30 .. A point charge is placed at Figure E21.30
each corner of a square with side
1q
1q
a
length a. The charges all have the
same magnitude q. Two of the
charges are positive and two are negative, as shown in Fig. E21.30. What
a
is the direction of the net electric
eld at the center of the square due to
the four charges, and what is its magnitude in terms of q and a?
2q
2q
21.31 . Two point charges are separated by 25.0 cm (Fig. E21.31). Find the net electric eld these
charges produce at (a) point A and (b) point B. (c) What would be
the magnitude and direction of the electric force this combination
of charges would produce on a proton at A?
Figure E21.31
B
26.25 nC
10.0 cm
212.5 nC
10.0 cm
25.0 cm
21.32 .. Electric Field of the Earth. The earth has a net electric charge that causes a eld at points near its surface equal to
150 N>C and directed in toward the center of the earth. (a) What
magnitude and sign of charge would a 60-kg human have to
acquire to overcome his or her weight by the force exerted by the
earths electric eld? (b) What would be the force of repulsion
between two people each with the charge calculated in part (a) and
separated by a distance of 100 m? Is use of the earths electric
eld a feasible means of ight? Why or why not?
21.33 .. CP An electron is projected Figure E21.33
with an initial speed v0 = 1.60 *
2.00 cm
10 6 m>s into the uniform eld
v0
between the parallel plates in Fig.
S
E21.33. Assume that the eld between 1.00 cm
E
the plates is uniform and directed vertically downward, and that the eld
outside the plates is zero. The electron enters the eld at a point
midway between the plates. (a) If the electron just misses the upper
plate as it emerges from the eld, nd the magnitude of the electric
eld. (b) Suppose that in Fig. E21.33 the electron is replaced by a
proton with the same initial speed v0. Would the proton hit one of
the plates? If the proton would not hit one of the plates, what
would be the magnitude and direction of its vertical displacement
as it exits the region between the plates? (c) Compare the paths
traveled by the electron and the proton and explain the differences.
(d) Discuss whether it is reasonable to ignore the effects of gravity
for each particle.
21.34 .. Point charge q1 = - 5.00 nC is at the origin and point
charge q2 = + 3.00 nC is on the x-axis at x = 3.00 cm. Point P is
S
on the
y-axis at y = 4.00 cm. (a) Calculate the electric elds E 1
S
and E 2 at point P due to the charges q1 and q2. Express your results
in terms of unit vectors (see Example 21.6). (b) Use the results of
part (a) to obtain the resultant eld at P, expressed in unit vector
form.
21.35 .. CP In Exercise 21.33, what is the speed of the electron
as it emerges from the eld?
21.36 . (a) Calculate the magnitude and direction (relative to the
+x-axis) of the electric eld in Example 21.6. (b) A - 2.5-nC point
charge is placed at point P in Fig. 21.19. Find the magnitude and
direction of (i) the force that the -8.0-nC charge at the origin
exerts on this charge and (ii) the force that this charge exerts on the
-8.0-nC charge at the origin.
21.37 .. If two electrons are each 1.50 *
Figure E21.37
10 -10 m from a proton, as shown in Fig.
e
E21.37, nd the magnitude and direction
of the net electric force they will exert on
the proton.
65.0
21.38 .. CP A uniform electric eld
p
exists in the region between two oppositely charged plane parallel plates. A proton is released from rest at the surface of the positively charged
plate and strikes the surface of the opposite plate, 1.60 cm distant
from the rst, in a time interval of 1.50 * 10 -6 s. (a) Find the
magnitude of the electric eld. (b) Find the speed of the proton
when it strikes the negatively charged plate.
21.39 . A point charge is at the origin. With this point charge as
the source point, what is the unit vector rN in the direction of (a) the
eld point at x = 0, y = - 1.35 m; (b) the eld point at
x = 12.0 cm, y = 12.0 cm; (c) the eld point at x = - 1.10 m,
y = 2.60 m? Express your results in terms of the unit vectors n
and n .
21.40 .. A +8.75-mC point Figure E21.40
charge is glued down on a horiS
E
zontal frictionless table. It is tied
to a -6.50-mC point charge by
2.50 cm
a light, nonconducting 2.50-cm
wire. A uniform electric eld of
8.75 mC
magnitude 1.85 * 10 8 N>C is 26.50 mC
directed parallel to the wire, as
shown in Fig. E21.40. (a) Find the tension in the wire. (b) What
would the tension be if both charges were negative?
21.41 .. (a) An electron is moving east in a uniform electric eld
of 1.50 N>C directed to the west. At point A, the velocity of the
electron is 4.50 * 10 5 m>s toward the east. What is the speed of
the electron when it reaches point B, 0.375 m east of point A? (b) A
proton is moving in the uniform electric eld of part (a). At point
A, the velocity of the proton is 1.90 * 10 4 m>s, east. What is the
speed of the proton at point B?

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