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Tutorial Part A

This document contains 17 multi-part physics and calculus problems involving vectors, electric fields, electric flux, and electrostatic potential. The problems cover topics such as finding the direction of electric fields, calculating forces between point charges, determining work done by electric fields, and evaluating surface integrals of electric flux.

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Tutorial Part A

This document contains 17 multi-part physics and calculus problems involving vectors, electric fields, electric flux, and electrostatic potential. The problems cover topics such as finding the direction of electric fields, calculating forces between point charges, determining work done by electric fields, and evaluating surface integrals of electric flux.

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Michelle Miname
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Tutorial 1

1. Given the vectors M = −10ax + 4ay − 8az and N = 8ax + 7ay − 2az, find:

2. Given three points, A(4, 3, 2), B(−2, 0, 5), and C(7, −2, 1):

3. − −
−

a) a unit vector in the direction of G at P(3, 4,−2): Have Gp = 25/(9 + 16) × (3, 4, 0) = 3ax + 4ay ,
and |Gp| = 5. Thus aG = (0.6, 0.8, 0).
b) the angle between G and ax at P: The angle is found through aG ・ ax = cos Ɵ.

4. The vector from the origin to the point A is given as (6, − − and the unit vector directed from the
2, 4),
−
origin toward point B is (2, 2, 1)/3. If points A and B are ten units apart, find the coordinates of point
B.

5. Four 10nC positive charges are located in the z 0=plane at the corners of a square 8cm on a side. A
fifth 10nC positive charge is located at a point 8cm distant from the other charges. Calculate the
magnitude of the total force on this fifth charge for ǫ = ǫ0:
= µC is located at the origin, while Q2 = 0.2=µC is at A(0.8, 0.6, 0).− Find the locus
6. A charge Q1 = 0.1
of points in the z 0 plane=at which the x component of the force on a third positive charge is zero.
7. Point charges of 50nC each are located at A(1, 0, 0), B( 1, 0, 0), C(0, 1, 0), and D(0, 1, 0) in free
space. Find the total force on the charge at A
8. Let

9. A point charge of 12 nC is located at the origin. four uniform line charges are located in the=x 0
= −plane as−follows:
− 80 nC/m at y=1 − and 5 m,−50 nC/m at y 2 and 4 m.
− 2): Note that this point lies in the center of a symmetric arrangement of line
a) Find D at P (0, 3,
charges, whose fields will all cancel at that point.

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b) How much electric flux crosses the plane y = −3 and in what direction?
− 3, 0)?
c) How much electric flux leaves the surface of a sphere, 4m in radius, centered at C(0,

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10.

11. Let D 4xyax 2(x2 z2)ay 4yzaz C/m2 and evaluate surface integrals to find the total charge
enclosed in the rectangular parallelepiped 0 < x < 2, 0 < y < 3, 0 < z < 5 m
12.

13.

14. The value of E at P (ρ = 2, φ = 40◦ , z = 3) is given as E = 100aρ − 200aφ + 300az V/m. Determine
the incremental work required to move a 20 µC charge a distance of 6 µm:
a) in the direction of aρ

b) in the direction of aφ

c) in the direction of az:

d) in the direction of E
e) In the direction of G = 2 ax − 3 ay + 4 az
15.

16. Let a uniform surface charge density of 5 nC/m2 be present at the z = 0 plane, a uniform line charge
density of 8 nC/m be located at x = 0, z = 4, and a point charge of 2 µC be present at P (2, 0, 0). If V
= 0 at M(0, 0, 5), find V at N(1, 2, 3)

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