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Four point charges are placed at the four cor- Find the magnitude of the electric field
ners of a square, where each side has a length at the fourth corner of the rectangle. The
a. The upper two charges have identical pos- Coulomb constant is 8.98755 × 109 N m2 /C2 .
itive charge, and the two lower charges have Answer in units of N/C.
charges of the same magnitude as the first two
but opposite sign. That is, q1 = q2 = q and 003 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
q3 = q4 = −q where q > 0. What is the direction of this electric field (as
q1 q2 an angle measured from the positive x-axis,
b b
with counterclockwise positive)?
Answer in units of ◦ .
j
Pb
004 (part 1 of 4) 10.0 points
i A uniformly charged circular arc AB of radius
R is shown in the figure. It covers a quarter
b b
q4 q3 of a circle and it is located in the second
quadrant. The total charge on the arc is
Determine the direction of the electric field Q > 0.
y
at the center, point P. ∆s ≡ R ∆θ
∆θ y
1. 0 + + A
++ II I
+ x
1
2. − √ (i − j) θ ++ R III IV
2 +
+ x
3. −i
B O
4. i The direction of the electric field E due to
the charge distribution at the origin is
1
5. √ (i − j)
2 1. along the negative x-axis.
6. −j
2. along the positive x-axis.
1
7. √ (i + j)
2 3. in quadrant I.
8. j
4. in quadrant IV.
1
9. − √ (i + j) 5. in quadrant III.
2
002 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points 6. along the positive y-axis.
Three positive charges are arranged as shown
at the corners of a rectangle. 7. along the negative y-axis.
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8. in quadrant II.
~ ek = E
5. kF √x .
005 (part 2 of 4) 10.0 points e 2
Determine ∆Ex , the x-component of the elec- ~ e k = 4 e Ex .
6. kF
tric field vector at the origin O due to the
charge element ∆q located at an angle θ sub- ~ ek = Ex
7. kF .
tended by an angular interval ∆θ. 3e
~ e k = 2 e Ex .
8. kF
k Q2 2 ∆θ
1. ∆Ex = cos θ
R2 π
~ e k = Ex .
9. kF
kQ 2e
2. ∆Ex = ∆θ sin θ
R2 ~ e k = e Ex .
10. kF
kQ
3. ∆Ex = 2 ∆θ cos θ
R2 008 10.0 points
k Q 2 ∆θ A charge of −3.07 µC is located at the origin,
4. ∆Ex = cos θ
R2 π and a charge of −3.99 µC is located along the
5. ∆Ex = 0 y axis at 0.884313 m.
At what point along the y-axis is the electric
k Q2 field zero? The value of the Coulomb constant
6. ∆Ex = ∆θ cos θ is 8.99 × 109 N · m2 /C2 .
R
Answer in units of m.
k Q 2 ∆θ
7. ∆Ex = sin θ
R2 π
009 10.0 points
k Q ∆θ A circular arc has a uniform linear charge
8. ∆Ex = sin θ
R π density of −4 nC/m.
k Q 2 ∆θ The value of the Coulomb constant is
9. ∆Ex = cos θ
R π 8.98755 × 109 N · m2 /C2 .
k Q2 2 ∆θ y
10. ∆Ex = cos θ 92 ◦
R π
006 (part 3 of 4) 10.0 points
Find Ex , the electric field at the origin due m
to the full arc length for the case where Q = 2. 8
4.4 µC and R = 1.24 m . x
Answer in units of N/C.

007 (part 4 of 4) 10.0 points

The charge on an electron is e.
If at O we have Ex , then the magnitude of What is the magnitude of the electric field
the force kF ~ e k on an electron at this point is
at the center of the circle along which the arc
√ lies?
1. kF~ e k = 2 e Ex .
Answer in units of N/C.

~ e k = 3 e Ex .
2. kF 010 10.0 points
2
A rod 13.9 cm long is uniformly charged and
~ e k = 2 Ex .
3. kF has a total charge of −21.3 µC.
3e Determine the magnitude of the elec-
~ e k = 3 e Ex .
4. kF tric field along the axis of the rod at
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a point 34.0821 cm from the center of y
the rod. The Coulomb constant is ++++
8.98755 × 109 N · m2 /C2 .
Answer in units of N/C.
G.
x
011 10.0 points
A line of charge starts at x = x0 , where x0 ++++
is positive, and extends along the x-axis to
positive infinity. If the linear charge den-
sity is given by λ = λ0 x0 /x, where λ0 is a y
constant, determine the electric field at the ++++
origin. (Here ı̂ denotes the unit vector in the
positive x direction.) S.
x
k λ0
1. (ı̂)
x0 −−−−
k λ0
2. (−ı̂)
2 x0 y
k λ0 −
3. (ı̂) − +
2 x20 P. − +
− +
+
k λ0
4. (ı̂)
2 x0 x
k λ20
5. (ı̂) For which configuration(s) does the total
2 x0 electric field vector at the origin have non-
k λ0 zero components in the x direction as well as
6. (−ı̂)
x0 the y direction (i.e., both x and y components
012 10.0 points are non-zero)?
y
1. Configurations P and M only
+++++
+ − 2. Configurations G, L and M only
+ −
L. + −
+ − x 3. Configuration P only
+ −
+++++ 4. Configurations G and M only

y 5. Configuration G only
++
++

6. Configurations P, G and M only

++
++

M.
x 7. Configurations P, S and M only
++
++

−−−−−−
8. Configurations P and G only

9. Configuration L only

10. Configuration S only