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MALAYSIA SUBJECT : BEKP 2453 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY
MELAKA
SOLUTIONS FOR TUTORIAL 3

Charge and Current Distributions

1. A cube 2 m on a side is located in the first octant in a Cartesian coordinate system, with one of its
corners at the origin. Find the total charge contained in the cube if the charge density is given by v
= xy2e−2z (mC/m3).

Ans: Q = 2.62 mC.

2. Find the total charge contained in a cylindrical volume defined by r ≤ 2 m and 0 ≤ z ≤ 3 m if

Ans: Q = 1.5 C
 3. Find the total charge contained in a cone defined by R ≤ 2 m and 0 ≤ θ ≤ π/4, given that v =10R2
cos2 (mC/m3) .

Ans: Q = 86.65 mC

4.If J=yˆ4xz(A/m2) , find the current I flowing through a square with corners at (0,0,0), (2,0,0), (2,0,2),
and (0,0,2).

Ans: I = 16 A

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4. If J=Rˆ 5/ R(A/m2) , find I through the surface R = 5 m.

Ans: I = 314.2 A

Coulomb’s Law

5. A square with sides of 2 m has a charge of 40µC at each of its four corners. Determine the electric
field at a point 5 m above the center of the square.

Ans: E=zˆ51.2(kV /m)

Ans: F=−202.2(xˆ +yˆ)( N)

8. A line of charge with uniform density ρℓ = 8 (µC/m) exists in air along the z-axis between z = 0
and z = 5 cm. Find E at (0,10 cm,0).

Ans: E=yˆ321.4 103 −zˆ76.2 103(V /m)

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Gauss’ Law

9. Three infinite lines of charge, l1 = 3(nC/m), l2 =−3(nC/m)and l3 = 3(nC/m) , are all

Ans: E=xˆ1.62(kV /m)

10. Given the electric flux density, D=xˆxy3z3(C/m2)for a cube 2m on a side, located in the first
octant with three of its sides coincident with the x-, y-, and z-axes and one of its corners at the
origin. Find the total charge Q enclosed using
a) v v dv
b) SD dS and prove that it

produces the same value.

Ans: Q = 32 C.
11. In a certain region of space, the charge density is given in cylindrical coordinates by the
function:
v = 5re−r (C /m3)
Apply Gauss’s law to find D.

Ans:

12. A spherical shell with outer radius b surrounds a charge-free cavity of radius a < b. If the shell
contains a charge density given by

where v0 is a positive constant, determine D in all regions.

Ans:
Electric Scalar Potential (V)

13. A square in the x–y plane in free space has a point charge of +Q at corner (a/2, a/2), the same at
corner (a/2, − a/2), and a point charge of − Q at each of the other two corners. (a) Find the
electric potential at any point P along the x-axis.
(b) Evaluate V at x = a/2.
 14. Show that the electric potential difference V12 between two points in air at radial distances r1 and

r from an infinite line of charge with density ρ along the z-axis isV
2 ℓ 122 l0 rr12 .

15. Given the electric field

ˆ 18
E=R 2 (V /m)
R
Find the electric potential of point A with respect to point B where A is at +2 m and B at –4 m,
both on the z-axis.

Ans: VAB =4V

16. An electric dipole has the following values: d = 1 cm and d | E | = 4 (mV/m) at R = 1 m and
θ=0◦. Find E at R = 2m and θ = 90◦.

ˆ
Ans: E= mV /m

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