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This document presents a physics problem involving two identically charged metal balls suspended by insulating threads. It asks the student to: 1) Draw separate free-body diagrams for each ball, labeling the forces acting on each. 2) Predict if reducing the charge on one ball slightly would change the angle it makes with the vertical relative to the other ball, and sketch the expected configuration. 3) Predict what would happen if the charge on one ball was reduced to zero, and sketch the expected new configuration.

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This document presents a physics problem involving two identically charged metal balls suspended by insulating threads. It asks the student to: 1) Draw separate free-body diagrams for each ball, labeling the forces acting on each. 2) Predict if reducing the charge on one ball slightly would change the angle it makes with the vertical relative to the other ball, and sketch the expected configuration. 3) Predict what would happen if the charge on one ball was reduced to zero, and sketch the expected new configuration.

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CHARGE Name EM

HW-75

Two identical metal balls are


suspended by insulating
threads. Both balls have the
same net charge. In this
problem, do not assume the
balls are point charges.

a. Draw a separate free-body Balll Ball 2


diagram for each ball.
Label the forces to
indicate:
·· the object exerting the force, Free-body diagram Free-body diagram

· the object on which the force is exerted,


the type of force (gravitational, normal,
for ball 1 for ball 2

· etc.), and
whether the force is a contact or a non-
contact force.
. .

b. Suppose the charge on the


second ball is reduced
slightly, so that it is less
than that on the fIrst ball.

, Predict whether the angle


that ball 1 makes with the
vertical will be greater
Ball 1 Ball 2
than, less than, or equal to
the angle that ball 2 makes
with the vertical. Explain.
Sketch your answer above.

How does the free-body diagram for each ball in this case compare to the corresponding free-
body diagram that you drew in part a? If the magnitudes or directions of any of the forces
change, describe how they change.

c. Predict what will happen if


the net charge on ball 2 is
reduced to zero. Make a
sketch to illustrate your
answer.

Ball 1 Ball 2

Tutorials in Introductory Physics @Prentice Hail, Inc.


McDennott, Shaffer, & P.E.G., U. Wash. First Edition, 2002

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