PH 106 Review I

1. If the force between two protons is 10 N at a separation of d, what will the force be
when they are a distance 3d apart?
a! "0N b! 30N c! 10N d! 3.3N (e) 1.1N
#. Point char$es %
1
& '#(, %
#
& ')(, and %
3
& *3( are located at the corners of a
s%+are of side 0.#, as shown. -hat is the ,a$nit+de of the net electrical force e.erted on
char$e %
#
?
%
1

%
#
%
3

a! )./N b! 0."N (c) 3.2N d! 0.6)N e! 0.0N

3. 0he closed s+rface 1 s+rro+nds two point char$es %
1
& '% and %
#
& *%. -hat is the net
fl+. leavin$ this s+rface?
(a) zero b! %2
o
(c! *%2
o
d! #%2
o
e! 0he answer depends on the shape and si3e of the s+rface 1.
). 0wo concentric, hollow, cond+ctin$ spherical shells carry char$es of 4
1
& '3(
inner shell! and 4
#
& *5( o+ter shell!. -hat is the net char$e on the outside s+rface of
the larger sphere?
a! 3ero b! 3( c! *5(
(d) 5C e! *3(
/. 0he electric field alon$ the a.is of a char$ed rin$, at a $reat distance r away, is
proportional to6
a! 12r
3
(b) 1/r
2
c! 12r d! r e! a constant
6. 0he closed s+rface 1 a c+be of side 7! encloses part of a sheet of char$e as shown. If
the char$e density co+lo,bs2,
#
! on the sheet is , what is the net fl+. leavin$ this
s+rface?
a! 3ero b! 2
o
(c! #2
o
(d) L
2
/
o
e! 72
o
8. 0wo very lon$ concentric hollow cylinders have char$e densities of
1
and
#
,
respectively. 0heir radii are R
1
and R
#
, respectively, with R
1
9 R
#
. -hat is the ,a$nit+de
of the electric field in the re$ion between the cylinders, at a radial distance of r fro, the
center?
r
a! 3ero (b) 2k
e

1
/r c! #:
e

1
2R
1
d! 2:
e
(
1
'
#
!2r
e! 2:
e
(
1
'
#
!2R
1
5. 0wo cond+ctin$ spherical shells are concentric. 0he char$e on the inner shell is 4
1

and the char$e on the o+ter shell is 4
#
. How ,+ch char$e lies on the o+ter s+rface of the
s,aller shell?
?
a! none (b) Q
1
c! 4
1
2# d! 4
1
* 4
#
e! *4
#
". 0hree char$es are placed at the corners of an e%+ilateral trian$le as shown. 0he
char$es are e%+al in ,a$nit+de, b+t differ in si$n as shown. -hat direction is the force
on the char$e at the top of the trian$le?
'
' *
a! (b) c! d! e! ; & 0.
10. 0he electric field d+e to an electric dipole varies, at lar$e distances, as 12r
3
. If the
field is < at a lar$e distance R fro, a dipole, what will it be at a distance of #R?
a! <23 b! "< c! <2" (d) E/8 e! <26
11. (har$es %
1
& #(, %
#
& 3( and %
3
& *#( are placed at the corners of a s%+are as
shown. In what direction is the net force on char$e %
#
?
a! b! (c) d! e!
%1
0.),
%# %3
1#. 0he net fl+. leavin$ a closed s+rface 1 is 3ero. 0his ,eans that
a! the electric field inside 1 is 3ero.
b! the electric field inside 1 is a constant.
c! the char$e distrib+tion inside 1 has the sa,e $eo,etric shape as 1.
d! there are no char$es at all inside 1.
(e) the net charge inside S is zero.
13. = point char$e %
1
is placed at the center of two concentric, cond+ctin$ spherical
shells. 0he two shells have net char$es %
#
and %
3
respectively i.e., %
#
is on the s,aller
shell!. -hat is the net char$e on the inside surface of the larger sphere?





a! *%
1
(b) -(
1
!
2
) c! %
1
* %
#
d! *%
1
' %
#
! ' %
3
e! 3ero
1). = proton enters a +nifor, electric field with an initial velocity of 6 . 10
/
,2s in the .
direction. 0he field has a stren$th of "00 N2(, and is in the *y*direction, pointin$ fro,
one plate to another as shown. If the plates are 10 c, lon$, how far is the proton
deflected below its initial position by the ti,e it leaves the re$ion between the two
plates? 1 ,,
?
10 c,
1/. = spherical shell of radi+s 0.#, and net char$e 8( is concentric with another,
lar$er spherical shell of radi+s 0./, and net char$e *3(. -hat is the ,a$nit+de and
direction of the electric field a distance 0.5 , fro, the center of the spheres this point is
o+tside both shells!?
".#2$%1&
$
N/C' (ointing o)t*ard
>
16. =n infinite non*cond+ctin$ sheet of char$e has a +nifor, s+rface char$e density &
/ (2,
#
. -hat is the force on an electron a distance of 1 c, above this sheet?
$.$%1&
-1$
N, (ointing do*n*ard to sheet
18. 0he electric field between two parallel cond+ctin$ plates is 1000 N2(. If the plates
are separated by 0.00# ,, what is the potential difference between the two plates?
a! 1000 ? (b) 2 + c! / . 10
/
? d! #./ . 10
5
? e! 0.0 ?
15. -hen capacitors (
1
& 5 ; and (
#
& 6 ; are placed in parallel, the co,bination has
an e%+ivalent capacitance of6
(a) 1$ , b! 0.#" ; c! 3.)3 ; d! 8 ; e! )5 ;
1". = wire 1 ,eter lon$ has a resistance of # . If I stretch this wire to ,a:e a sin$le
thinner! wire of len$th # ,eters, what will be the resistance of the new wire? The
wires volume remains constant!
a! # . b! ) . (c) 8 . d! 1 . e! 0./ .
#0. ;ind the e%+ivalent resistance of this circ+it.
4.0
V
3.0 6.0
4.0
(a) 10 (b) 17 (c) 1.6 (d) 4.2 (e) 6.2
21. I want to ,a:e a heatin$ coil that will convert electric ener$y to heat at a rate of 600
- when 1#0 volts is placed across it. -hat will be the resistance of the coil?
(a) 2$ b! 1# c! ).# . 10
*3
d! 0.# e! /
##. =n electron is accelerated fro, rest thro+$h a potential difference of )00 ?. How
fast is it ,ovin$ at the end?

a! 3.6 . 10
13
,2s (b) 1.2 - 1&
.
//s c! ).5 . 10
3
,2s d! 5.) . 10
6
,2s
e! i,possible to tell witho+t f+rther infor,ation.
#3. (alc+late the drift speed of electrons in an al+,in+, wire carryin$ a c+rrent of 3=.
0he wire has a cross*sectional area of # . 10
*6
,
#
. =l+,in+, has an ato,ic ,ass of #8.0
$2,ole. 0he density of al+,in+, is #.8 $2c,
3
. =vo$adro@s n+,ber is 6.0#3 . 10
#3

ato,s2,ole. =ss+,e that there is one free electron per al+,in+, ato,.
1."%1&
-$
//s
#). -hat is the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor consistin$ of two sheets of foil of
di,ensions )0c, . #0 c,, separated by 0.1 ,,, with a dielectric of constant & #./
between the two sheets? 1...%1&
-8
,
#/. -hat is the c+rrent thro+$h the 3 resistor below?
&.#10
4.0
12V
3.0 6.0
2.0

4.0