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Subject
Physics 2 Score:
Lecturer
Alexander A. Iskandar, Ph.D.
Program
Mechatronics
Faculty
Engineering
Semester
1
Date 15 March 2012
Time 50 minutes
Topic

Name :




Answer in the space provided.
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If needed, use the following values of gravitational acceleration g = 9.8 m/s
2
, vacuum permittivity
constant c
0
= 8.85 10
-12
C
2
/N m
2
(or k = (4tc
0
)
-1
= 9 10
9
Nm
2
/C
2
) and the electron charge e = 1.6
10
-19
C.

1. Point charges of +6.0 C and 4.0 C are placed on an x-axis, at x = 8.0 m and x = 16 m,
respectively. What charge must be placed at x = 24 m so that any charge placed at the
origin would experience no electric force. (25 points)

Let the charge on the origin is Q (positive). Then the charge q
1
= +6.0 C will repel it and
the charge q
2
= 4.0 C will attract it. Because the problem is a 1D problem, we can use
sign to denote direction, hence the force on charge Q from the three other charges is
( ) ( )
0
24 16
10 4
8
10 6
2
3
2
6
2
6
3 2 1
= +

+

=
+ + =

Qq
k
Q
k
Q
k
F F F F
Q

Solving for q
3
we have
C q
6 6
2 2
2 6
2 2
2
3
10 45 10
2
4
1
6
3 10
16
4
8
6
24

=
(

=
(

=






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2. Two tiny conducting balls of identical mass m and identical charge q hanging from
nonconducting threads of length L are in equilibrium. Assume that u is small such that tan
u can be replaced with its approximate equal sin u. (a) Draw all forces that act on each of
the ball. (b) Determine x in terms of q, m, L, g and u. (25 points)

Using Newtons Law, we can determine x. First draw the forces
that act on one of the charges


2
2
0
4
1
sin
cos
x
q
T
mg T
tc
u
u
=
=


Combining the two equation of motion above
and using small angle approximation (tan u =
sin u = x/(2L)) we have



2
2
0
2
2
0
4
1
2
sin
4
1
tan
x
q
L
x
mg mg
x
q
mg
tc
u
tc
u = = =
or,

mg
L q
x
0
2
3
2tc
=









F
e

T
mg
u


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3. Four charges (q
1
= q
2
= +5e, q
3
= +12e and q
4
= 3e) are placed as shown in the figure, the
distance d is 5 m. Determine the magnitude and direction of the net electric field at point
P due to all the charges. (25 points)

By symmetry the charges q
1
and q
2
do not contribute to the electric
field at point P (they have equal magnitude but opposite direction),
hence we need to calculate only contributions from q
3
and q
4
.

3 2
0
3
12
4
1
q from way P at
d
e
E
+
=
tc

and,

4 2
0
4
4
3
4
1
q towards P at
d
e
E

=
tc

Hence, the total field at P is equal to

( )
( )
3
12
19
9
2
0
4 3
/ 648
10 25 ) 4 (
10 6 . 1
10 9 45
4
45
4
1
q from away P at C N
d
e
E E E
P
=

=
+ = + =

tc








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4. A non-conducting rod with a uniformly distributed charge +Q. The rod forms a half-circle
with radius R. What is the electric field at point P (the center of the circle). Hint : an
infinitesimal arc of angle du has a length of ds = Rdu. (25 points)

Consider an infinitesimal element on the half-circle, the vertical
components of the field will cancels, hence we need only to calculate
the horizontal components,
}
=
t
u
tc
0
2
0
sin
4
1
R
dq
E
where,
R
Q
Rd ds dq
t

u
=
= =

Then,
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
2 2
) 2 (
4
cos
4
sin
4
R
Q
R R
R
R
R
d
R
R
E
c t tc

tc

u
tc

u u
tc

t
t
= = = =
=
}

with a direction to the right.







u


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