PHY-101 Applied Physics

BSCS-8ABC
Assignment #3
Date: 30-04-2019 Submission Date: 07-05-2019

1) A solid cube of silver (density = 10.5 g/cm3) has a mass of 90.0 g. (a) what is the resistance
between opposite faces of the cube? (b) Assume each silver atom contributes one conduction
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electron. Find the average drift speed of electrons when a potential difference of 1.00 × 10 V is
applied to opposite faces. The atomic number of silver is 47, and its molar mass is 107.87 g/mol.

2) The capacitor in the figure given below consisting of two circular plates with radius R = 18.2cm
is connected to a source of emf. At what rate must the potential difference between the plates
with 2.0µF capacitance be changed to produce a displacement current of 1.5A?

3) Two long parallel wires separated by 0.60m carry antiparallel currents (the currents are
physically parallel but in opposite directions) of 7.0 A each. What is the resulting field along the
line between the wires and 0.40m from the lower wire?

4) A conductor suspended by two flexible wires as shown in figure has a mass per unit length of
0.040 0 kg/m. What current must exist in the conductor in order for the tension in the supporting
wires to be zero when the magnetic field is 3.60 T into the page? What is the required direction
for the current?

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5) An α-particle moves in a circle of radius 5.0 × 10 m in a magnetic field of 2.0 T. Find the
speed of the α-particle and the frequency and period of the motion.
 6) Find the maximum torque on a circular coil of 0.050m radius with current of 0.50A and in a
magnetic field of 0.0050T.

7) The plane of a square loop of wire with edge length a = 0.200 m is perpendicular to the Earth’s
magnetic field at a point where B = 15.0 μT, as shown in figure. The total resistance of the loop and
the wires connecting it to a sensitive ammeter is 0.500 Ω If the loop is suddenly collapsed by
horizontal forces as shown, what total charge passes through the ammeter?

8) A current 10 A flowing through a straight wire is split at point A in two semicircular wires of radius 0.1
m. The resistances of upper and lower semicircular wires are 10 and 20 respectively. The currents
rejoin to flow in the straight wire again as shown in the figure below. Determine the magnitude and
direction of magnetic field at the center “O”. o  4  10 T .m / A
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9) Four long copper wires are parallel to each other, their cross sections forming the corners of a square
with side a = 20cm. A 20A current exists in each wire in the direction shown in the figure below. What
are the magnitude and direction of B at the center of square?

10) A coil of 15 turns and radius 10.0 cm surrounds a long solenoid of radius 2.00 cm and 1.00 × 103
turns/meter. The current in the solenoid changes as I = (5.00 A) sin(120t). Find the induced emf in the
15-turn coil as a function of time.