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This document contains the assignment instructions for Physics II students at North South University. It provides reading assignments from Halliday, Resnick and Walker covering topics in electrostatics including point charges, electric fields, and electric dipoles. The assignment includes 6 problems - two involve calculating charges needed to balance gravitational and electrostatic forces between Earth and Moon, two involve calculating electrostatic forces between multiple charged particles, and two involve defining electric fields and deriving expressions for fields due to point charges and electric dipoles. Students are instructed to show their work and reasoning for qualitative and quantitative questions.

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Assignment#1 PHY108 18 PDF

This document contains the assignment instructions for Physics II students at North South University. It provides reading assignments from Halliday, Resnick and Walker covering topics in electrostatics including point charges, electric fields, and electric dipoles. The assignment includes 6 problems - two involve calculating charges needed to balance gravitational and electrostatic forces between Earth and Moon, two involve calculating electrostatic forces between multiple charged particles, and two involve defining electric fields and deriving expressions for fields due to point charges and electric dipoles. Students are instructed to show their work and reasoning for qualitative and quantitative questions.

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NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY

Department of Mathematics & Physics


PHY-108 (Physics II); Section 18
Assignment / HW #1; Submission due on 25 February 2023

Reading: Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Sections 21-1 through 21-3, and 22-1 through 22-3.
Note: This assignment (like others) has both Questions and Problems from Halliday, Resnick,
and Walker. Questions require a qualitative answer, derivation of mathematical expression and
you should explain your reasoning for each answer clearly and fully. Problems are usually
quantitative, and generally require you to give a numerical answer. Again, you should carefully
explain all the steps in your reasoning process.

1. Although they are not found in nature, some kinds of charges other than + and  are
logically possible. Describe what properties they would have, i.e., how you would know
when charges other than + and  are present.

2. The mass of the earth is 5.981024 kg and the mass of the moon is 7.361022 kg. The
value for the Universal Gravitational Constant is G = 6.671011 Nm2 /kg2 . (For your
reference, all such constants can be found in the appendices at the back of Halliday,
Resnick, and Walker.)
Now, what equal positive charges would need to be placed on the earth and the moon so
that the repulsive electrostatic force cancels the attractive gravitational force? (You
might think that you need to know the distance between the earth and moon to answer
this question, but actually, you don't. However, if you want the distance, it is 3.82108
m.)

3. [Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Chapter 21, pages 624 - 629, Problem 7]

In the Fig. shown below, three charged particles lie on an x axis. Particles 1 and 2 are
fixed in place. Particle 3 is free to move, but the net electrostatic force on it from particles
1 and 2 happens to be zero. If L23 = L12 , what is the ratio q1 /q2 ?

4. [Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Chapter 21, pages 624 - 629, Problem 17]

In Fig. a, particles 1 and 2 have charge 20.0 mC each and are held at separation distance
d =1.50 m. (a) What is the magnitude of the electrostatic force on particle 1 due to particle
2? In Fig. b, particle 3 of charge 20.0 mC is positioned so as to complete an equilateral
triangle. (b) What is the magnitude of the net electrostatic force on particle 1 due to
particles 2 and 3?

5. Reading through sections 22-1 through 22-2.

Define electric field. Find out the expression of electric field due to a point charge and
show that the field strength is inversely proportional to square of the distance from the
charge.

6. Reading through section 22-3.

Find out the expression of electric field due to an electric dipole hence show that the field
strength is inversely proportional to the cube of the distance from the dipole.

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