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The document is a take-home final exam for a Physics 116 course, covering various topics including electric forces, circuits, optics, and electromagnetic waves. It consists of multiple problems, tables, one-point questions, and an essay prompt, with specific instructions on how to show work and present answers. The total points available for the exam are 156, with an additional 6 points for a bonus.

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The document is a take-home final exam for a Physics 116 course, covering various topics including electric forces, circuits, optics, and electromagnetic waves. It consists of multiple problems, tables, one-point questions, and an essay prompt, with specific instructions on how to show work and present answers. The total points available for the exam are 156, with an additional 6 points for a bonus.

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Physics 116 Fall 2022 DELLAI Take Home Final

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)

40 pts Problem & Tables (8) (5 pts each)_________

52 pts Problems 13 (4 pts each)_________

8 pts One Point Questions __________

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:

THIS IS A MAXIMUM MINIMUM PROBLEM SHOW WORK

a
3/2
Fx = F cos = keQqx/(a² + x²)

x q
Solve the Tables completely. 5 pts each

2. Complete a total table for this capacitor circuit. . ( to 3 decimal places)

Label all JUNCTIONS

12.0 µF 10 µF

20 µF 4.0 µF

400 Volts 19.0 µF

4 µF
13.0 µF 5.0 µF

Capacitance Charge Voltage Energy


in F C Volts Joules
3. Resolve the resistor circuit for resistance, current, voltage and power using a table.

15.00 Ohms 10.0 Ohms

6.00 Ohms 11.00 Ohms 8.00 Ohms


400 V

4.00 Ohms 6.00 Ohms

R  Current A Volts Power


4. Fill in the table below, each column of which refers to a spherical mirror 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) +10
r. (cm) +40 −18
i. cm
p. (cm) +30 +9
m. +2.0
Real Image
Upright?

Draw the ray diagram for case C.


mirror

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?

Draw the ray diagram for case C.


lens
6. Estimate your household’s energy usage for a month by completing the following table. For the cost, assume a
rate of 15.0 cents/kilowatt hour. Round to the nearest dollar. Compare with your actual cost, if available.

My Monthly Energy Usage


Appliance Watts Kilowatts Estimated KWh Cost per
Hours per per Month
Month Month
AC/Heat Pump (3 ton) 4,800 4.800 253 1214.4 $182.16
Ceiling Fan 540 250
Refrigerator 600 404
Freezer 800 404
Microwave 1100 20

Total Cost ________

7. The figure shows 3 charges q1, q2, and q3 having a charge of –6.00 µC each. They are separated as shown

(a.) What is the electric force on q2 in terms of i and j?________________________________________

(b.) What is the electric field at q2 in terms of i, and j?_________________________________________

(c.) What is the electric potential at q2 due to charges q1 & q3?___________________________________

(d.) What is the electric potential energy at q2 due to charges q1 & q3______________________________

(e.) What is the potential energy of the system of charges?_______________________________________

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?

What is the angular wave number k = 2/?

What is the angular frequency  = 2f ?

Write the Traveling wave equation for E & B


E(x,t) = ______sin(_________________________________)j

B(x,t) = ______sin(_________________________________)k

What is the relation between E & B?

What is the average intensity?

Draw an electromagnetic wave


ANSWER SHEET FOR PROBLEMS NEED UNITS &SIGNS ONE POINT PROB.
4 pt problems

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

E = 100.0 V/m i − 20.0 V/m j

a. What is the force acting on the object? ANSWER IN VECTOR FORM

b. What is the acceleration of the object?

c. What will be the velocity of the object after 5.0 seconds if the particle is at rest at the beginning?

d. What is its displacement?

2. Two free point charges +150.0 C and +400.0 C are at a distance of 3.00 m apart.

A third charge Q is so placed that the entire system is in equilibrium.

(a) Find the location


(b) Find the magnitude,
(c) find the sign of the third charge.

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

a. Find the total charge of the sphere.

b. Find the electric field where ( r < a)

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.

a. What is the induced emf in the circuit at 2.00 seconds?


b. What is the total emf in the circuit at 2.00 seconds?
c. What is the direction of the total current at that time (2 seconds)?
d. What is the total current at that time (2 seconds)?

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

3.0 m ANSWER IN VECTOR FORM

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),

a.) will constructive interference occur?


b.) will destructive interference occur?

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.

a. The rms voltage (in volts) across the resistor is:

b. The rms voltage (in volts) across the capacitor is:

c. The rms voltage (in volts) across the inductor is:


9. In an LC circuit with C = 40.0 F the current as a function of time is given by
i(t) = 5.00 amps(sin(60t + /3)) where t is in seconds, i is in amps, and the phase
angle is in radians.

(a) What is the natural frequency  ?

(b) What is the maximum charge?

(c) How soon, after t = 0.0 secs, will the current reach a maximum value?

(d) Calculate the inductance?

(e) Find the total energy of the circuit?

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?

13. A solenoid is 20.0 cm long and has a radius of 6.0 cm.


It is wrapped with 600 turns of wire carrying a current of 2.0 A.
The magnetic field in Tesla at the center of the real solenoid is:
One Point Questions __________ You will lose the points if the units are incorrect!!!

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:

________________

4. A 8.0 mH inductor is in a series circuit with a resistor and a seat of emf.


At the instant the current in the circuit is 4.00 A the energy stored in the inductor 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:

________________

7. A nichrome wire is 2.0 m long and 1 mm2 in cross−sectional area.


When connected to a potential difference of 8.00 V, a current of 4 A exists in the wire.
The resistivity of this nichrome 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:

________________

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