Exercise 21.

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An electron is projected with an initial speed 1.5010 m/s into the uniform field between the parallel plates in the figure(Figure 1) . Assume that the field between the plates is uniform and directed vertically downward, and that the field outside the plates is zero. The electron enters the field at a point midway between the plates.
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Part A If the electron just misses the upper plate as it emerges from the field, find the speed of the electron as it emerges from the field?
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Charged Ring
Consider a uniformly charged ring in the xy plane, centered at the origin. The ring has radius positive charge q distributed evenly along its circumference. (Figure 1)

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Part A What is the direction of the electric field at any point on the z axis?

Hint 1. How to approach the problem Approach 1 In what direction is the field due to a point on the ring? Add to this the field from a point on the opposite side of the ring. In what direction is the net field? What if you did this for every pair of points on opposite sides of the ring? Approach 2 Consider a general electric field at a point on the z axis, i.e., one that has a z component as well as a component in the xy plane. Now imagine that you make a copy of the ring and rotate this copy about its axis. As a result of the rotation, the component of the electric field in the xy plane will rotate also. Now you ask a friend to look at both rings. Your friend wouldn't be able to tell them apart, because the ring that is rotated looks just like the one that isn't. However, they have the component of the electric field in the xy plane pointing in different directions! This apparent contradiction can be resolved if this component of the field has a particular value. What is this value? Does a similar argument hold for the z component of the field?

parallel to the x axis

parallel to the y axis

parallel to the z axis

in a circle parallel to the xy plane

Part B What is the magnitude of the electric field along the positive z axis? Use k in your answer, where k=1/40 .

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