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This document contains 5 questions related to electrical engineering concepts. Question 1 asks about comparing the electric repulsion and gravitational attraction between two alpha particles. Question 2 asks about finding the electric field vectors at two points given a point charge located at the origin. Question 3 involves calculating the electric flux through a disk oriented at different angles to a uniform electric field. Question 4 asks about the surface charge density and total surface charge of the Earth given its electric field. Question 5 involves calculating the speed of a positron moving away from an alpha particle located at the origin under different conditions.

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Applied Physics Paper

This document contains 5 questions related to electrical engineering concepts. Question 1 asks about comparing the electric repulsion and gravitational attraction between two alpha particles. Question 2 asks about finding the electric field vectors at two points given a point charge located at the origin. Question 3 involves calculating the electric flux through a disk oriented at different angles to a uniform electric field. Question 4 asks about the surface charge density and total surface charge of the Earth given its electric field. Question 5 involves calculating the speed of a positron moving away from an alpha particle located at the origin under different conditions.

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Department of Electrical Engineering

Question 1: [6 Marks]
An particle (the nucleus of a helium atom) has mass m=6.67x10-27 kg and charge Compare the
magnitude of the electric repulsion between two (“alpha”) particles with that of the gravitational
attraction between them?

Question 2: [6 Marks]
A point charge is located at the origin. Find the electric field vectors at the points x=1.2m and y=-1.6m?

Question 3: [6 Marks]
A disk of radius 0.10 m is oriented with its normal unit vector n at 30o to a uniform electric field of
magnitude 2x103 N/C (Since this isn’t a closed surface, it has no “inside” or “outside.” That’s why we
have to specify the direction of in the figure.)

(a) What is the electric flux through the disk?


(b) What is the flux through the disk if it is turned so that is perpendicular to E ?
(c) What is the flux through the disk if is parallel to E?

Question 4: [6 Marks]
The earth (a conductor) has a net electric charge. The resulting electric field near the
surface has an average value of about 150 N/C directed toward the center of the earth.
(a) What is the corresponding surface charge density?
(b) What is the total surface charge of the earth?

Question 5: [6 Marks]
A positron (the electron’s antiparticle) has mass 9.11x10 -31 kg and charge

Suppose a positron moves in the vicinity of an (alpha) particle, which has charge

and mass
The particle’s mass is more than 7000 times that of the positron,
so we assume that the particle remains at rest. When the positron is from the particle, it
is moving directly away from the particle at
(a) What is the positron’s speed when the particles are 2 m apart?
(b) What is the positron’s speed when it is very far from the particle?
(c) Suppose the initial conditions are the same but the moving particle is an electron
(with the same mass as the positron but charge ). Describe the subsequent

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