TakeHome116 Fall 2022
TakeHome116 Fall 2022
Name:_________________________________
Please read each question carefully. Show all work and the equations used. Clearly identify the answer and
the units. Use 3 significant digits in all your answers.
No Work shown No Points Total Points 156 (6 points bonus)
50 pts Multiguess Questions (1/2 points each 100 questions total) ____________
Essay (6 points)
What is the most important invention in the 1960’s and why?
(Hand written 200 word min)
Answer What is it? When & who? Why was it important then?
Is it as important now? Why?
Solve the Problem completely. 5 pts each
1. Charge Q is on the y axis a distance of 10 cm from the origin and charge q is on the x axis a distance d from
the origin. The value of x for which the x component of the force on q is the greatest is:
a
3/2
Fx = F cos = keQqx/(a² + x²)
x q
Solve the Tables completely. 5 pts each
12.0 µF 10 µF
20 µF 4.0 µF
4 µF
13.0 µF 5.0 µF
A B C
Type
f. (cm) +10
r. (cm) +40 −18
i. cm
p. (cm) +30 +9
m. +2.0
Real Image
Upright?
5. Fill in the table below, each column of which refers to a thin lens and real object. Distances are in
centimeters; if a number has no plus or minus sign in front of it, find the correct sign.
A B C
Type
f. (cm)
n. 1.5 1.60 1.5
R1 (cm) +40 −20 +20
R2 (cm) −0 +20 −20
i. cm
p. (cm) +30 +10 +40
m.
Real Image
Upright?
7. The figure shows 3 charges q1, q2, and q3 having a charge of –6.00 µC each. They are separated as shown
(d.) What is the electric potential energy at q2 due to charges q1 & q3______________________________
q1 O<-----5.50 m -->O q2
4.00 m
q3 O
8. Given that we have an electromagnetic wave Emax = 120 V/m,
a frequency f = 4.00 *109 Hz, and it is traveling in the +x direction.
What is the energy of the photon?
B(x,t) = ______sin(_________________________________)k
1 F= a= 1
V(5s)= 2
r (5s)= 3
2 4
3 5
4 6
5 7
6 8
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Solve the Problem completely. 4 pts each
1. An object having a mass of 10.0 grams and a charge of −50. µC is placed in an electric field
c. What will be the velocity of the object after 5.0 seconds if the particle is at rest at the beginning?
2. Two free point charges +150.0 C and +400.0 C are at a distance of 3.00 m apart.
X Q 3.00 m − X
150 C 400.0 C
3.00 m
3. Find the electric potential and the electric field at the center of the square of length
a = 4.0 m and q is 5 nC
+5q a −q
− 3q + 3q
SMILE
4. A solid nonconducting sphere of radius a has a nonuniform charge distribution of volume charge density
(r) = staticr2/a2 where static is a constant and r is the distance from the center of the sphere.
Draw a picture
r a
5. A square wire loop with 3.00 m sides is perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field, with half the area of the
loop in the field, as shown below.
The loop contains a 20.0 volt battery with a 20.0 ohm resistance in the circuit.
If the magnitude of the field varies with time according to B(t) = (10.00 T/s)t − (3.60 T/s2)*t2.
20.0 V
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6. Two long currents are going into the paper. For the figure below, what is the B field at Point P?
o Pt P X is into paper
X X
10.0 amps 6.0 m 9.00 amp
7. Light of wavelength 500 nm shines on a soap bubble film (n = 1.60).
For what soap film thickness, other than the minimum thickness (use m=1),
air
n= 1.00
soap n = 1.60
n = 1.00
air
8. An ac generator producing 125. volts (rms) at 450 rad/s is connected in series with a 35.0 resistor,
a 400 mH inductor, and a 300 F capacitor.
(c) How soon, after t = 0.0 secs, will the current reach a maximum value?
10.. A Young's double slit apparatus is set up where the source wavelength is 625 nm and the double slit spacing
is 0.045 mm. At what distance from the double slits should the screen be placed if the spacing between
adjacent bright fringes is to be 2.0 cm?
11. If the polarizing angle for cubic zirconia in air is 65.6ø, what is the index of refraction of this material?
12. An unknown particle in an accelerator moving at a speed of 2.00 x 108 m/s has a measured
relativistic mass of 5.00 kg. What must its rest mass be?
1. A charged oil drop with a mass of 8.0 x10−4 kg is held suspended by a downward electric field of 3500 N/C.
The charge on the drop is:
________________
2. +9.0 C of charge are placed on a spherical conducting shell. A −3 C point charge is placed at the center of the
cavity. The net charge in coulombs on the inner surface of the shell is:
________________ −3C
3. Three charges lie on the x axis: −40.0 nC at x = 5.00 cm, 20.0 nC at x = 2.00 cm, and 30.0 nC at x = 3 cm.
The potential energy of this arrangement, relative to the potential energy for infinite separation, is:
________________
________________
5..A uniform electric field of 540 N/C makes an angle of 60 with the dipole moment of an electric dipole.
If the moment has a magnitude of 3.00x10−9 C m, the torque exerted by the field has a magnitude of:
________________
6. Two long straight wires are parallel and carry current in opposite directions. The currents are 8.0 A and 10 A
and the wires are separated by 0.60 cm. The magnetic field in Tesla at a point midway between the wires is:
________________
________________
8. Light with an intensity of 5.0 kW/m2 falls normally on a surface with an area of 1 cm2 and is
completely absorbed. The force of the radiation on the surface is:
________________