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Fundamentals of Physics Sixth Edition: Halliday Resnick Walker

The document summarizes solutions to physics problems from the textbook "Fundamentals of Physics" by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker. It includes the following problems: - Problem 9 calculates the position of a point of zero electric field between two charges q1 and q2 separated by a distance d. The solution finds the point is 50 cm to the right of q1. - Problem 23 calculates the electric field produced by a uniformly charged rod and shows it reduces to the field of a point charge if the distance from the rod is much greater than the rod's length. - Problem 41 calculates the time for a proton and electron initially separated by a distance L to pass each other under the influence of

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Fundamentals of Physics Sixth Edition: Halliday Resnick Walker

The document summarizes solutions to physics problems from the textbook "Fundamentals of Physics" by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker. It includes the following problems: - Problem 9 calculates the position of a point of zero electric field between two charges q1 and q2 separated by a distance d. The solution finds the point is 50 cm to the right of q1. - Problem 23 calculates the electric field produced by a uniformly charged rod and shows it reduces to the field of a point charge if the distance from the rod is much greater than the rod's length. - Problem 41 calculates the time for a proton and electron initially separated by a distance L to pass each other under the influence of

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Halliday Resnick Walker

FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS
SIXTH EDITION
Selected Solutions
Chapter 23
23.9
23.23
23.41

9. At points between the charges, the individual electric elds are in the same direction and do not cancel.
Charge q2 has a greater magnitude than charge q1 , so a point of zero eld must be closer to q1 than to
q2 . It must be to the right of q1 on the diagram.

q2

q1

We put the origin at q2 and let x be the coordinate of P , the point where the eld vanishes. Then, the
total electric eld at P is given by


q2
q1
1

E=
40 x2
(x d)2
where q1 and q2 are the magnitudes of the charges. If the eld is to vanish,
q2
q1
=
.
x2
(x d)2

We take the square root of both sides to obtain q2 /x = q1 /(x d). The solution for x is



q2
x =
d

q2 q1



4.0q1

d
=

4.0q1 q1


2.0
d = 2.0d
=
2.0 1.0
= (2.0)(50 cm) = 100 cm .
The point is 50 cm to the right of q1 .

23. (a) The linear charge density is the charge per unit length of rod. Since the charge is uniformly
distributed on the rod, = q/L.
(b) We position the x axis along the rod with the origin at the left end of the rod, as shown in the
diagram. Let dx be an innitesimal length of rod at x. The charge in this segment is dq = dx.
The charge dq may be considered to be a point charge. The electric eld it produces at point P
has only an x component and this component is given by
dEx =

1
dx
.
40 (L + a x)2

The total electric eld produced at P by the whole rod is the integral
Ex

40

dx
(L
+
a x)2
0
L


1


40 L + a x 
0



1
1

40 a L + a

L
.
40 a(L + a)

=
=
=
=

When q/L is substituted for the result is


Ex =

1
q
.
40 a(L + a)

The negative sign indicates that the eld is toward the rod.
dx

L+a

(c) If a is much larger than L, the quantity L + a in the denominator can be approximated by a and
the expression for the electric eld becomes
Ex =

q
.
40 a2

This is the expression for the electric eld of a point charge at the origin.

41. We take the positive direction to be to the right in the gure. The acceleration of the proton is ap =
eE/mp and the acceleration of the electron is ae = eE/me , where E is the magnitude of the electric
eld, mp is the mass of the proton, and me is the mass of the electron. We take the origin to be at
the initial position of the proton. Then, the coordinate of the proton at time t is x = 12 ap t2 and the
coordinate of the electron is x = L + 12 ae t2 . They pass each other when their coordinates are the same,
or 12 ap t2 = L + 12 ae t2 . This means t2 = 2L/(ap ae ) and
x =
=
=

eE/mp
ap
me
L=
L
L=
ap ae
(eE/mp ) + (eE/me )
me + mp
9.11 1031 kg
(0.050 m)
9.11 1031 kg + 1.67 1027 kg
2.7 105 m .

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