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This document contains 6 questions and solutions related to electric fields and forces. Question 1 asks about the electric field from a uniformly charged arc at the origin. Question 2 asks about the force on an electron from a row of positive ions at two different positions. Question 3 asks about the angle of electrons entering a uniform electric field. Question 4 asks about the net force on a charge between parallel plates. Question 5 asks about the electric flux through 5 different surfaces surrounding various charges. Question 6 asks about the electric field outside a conducting cylinder surrounding a uniformly charged non-conducting cylinder.

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This document contains 6 questions and solutions related to electric fields and forces. Question 1 asks about the electric field from a uniformly charged arc at the origin. Question 2 asks about the force on an electron from a row of positive ions at two different positions. Question 3 asks about the angle of electrons entering a uniform electric field. Question 4 asks about the net force on a charge between parallel plates. Question 5 asks about the electric flux through 5 different surfaces surrounding various charges. Question 6 asks about the electric field outside a conducting cylinder surrounding a uniformly charged non-conducting cylinder.

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Q1) A thin rod bent into the shape of an arc of a circle of radius R carries a uniform charge per unit

length
A. The arc subtends a total angle 2θ, symmetric about the x axis, as shown in Fig.. Determine the electric
field E at the origin 0.
Sol:
Q2) A one-dimensional row of positive ions, each with charge +Q and separated from its neighbors by a
distance d, occupies the right-hand half of the x axis. That is, there is a +Q charge at x = 0, x = +d, x =
+2d, x = +3d, and so on out to ∞ (a) If an electron is placed at the position x = —d, determine F, the
magnitude of force that this row of charges exerts on the electron, (b) If the electron is instead placed at x
= —3d, what is the value of F?
Sol

Q3) Suppose electrons enter a uniform electric field midway between two plates at an angle θ to the
horizontal, as shown in figure. The path is symmetrical, so they leave at the same angle θ and just barely
miss the top plate. What is θ Ignore fringing of the field.

Sol
Q4) Two point charges, Q1 = -6.7μC and Q2 = 1.8 μC, are located between two oppositely charged
parallel plates, as shown in Fig. . The two charges are separated by a distance of x = 0.34 m. Assume that
the electric field produced by the charged plates is uniform and equal to E = 73,000 N/C. Calculate the net
electrostatic force on Q1 and give its direction.
Sol:

5) Figure shows five closed surfaces that surround various charges in a plane, as indicated. Determine the
electricflux through each surface, S1,S2,S3,S4, and S5. The surfaces are flat “pillbox” surfaces that
extend only slightly above and below the plane in which the charges lie.
Sol:

Q6) A very long solid non-conducting cylinder of radius Rx is uniformly charged with charge density ρE.
It is surrounded by a cylindrical metal (conducting) tube of inner radius R2 and outer radius R3, which
has no net charge (cross-sectional view shown in Fig.). If the axes of the two cylinders are parallel, but
displaced from each other by a distance d, determine the resulting electric field in the region R > R3,
where the radial distance R is measured from the metal cylinder’s axis. Assume d < (R2 – R1).

Sol:

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