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Electric Fields worksheet





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1. Two charged spheres 10cm apart attract each other with a force of 3.0x10-6
N. What force results from each of the following changes, considered
separately?
a) Both charges are doubled and the distance remains the same
b) The separation is increased to 30cm.
c) The charge on one of the spheres is doubled while the distance is
halved.

2. The force of electrostatic repulsion between two small positively charged
objects A and B is 3.6x10-3 N when the distance from A to B is 0.12mm. What
is the Electrostatic force if is increased to:
a) 0.24 mm
b) 0.30 mm
c) 0.36 mm

3. Calculate the force between charges 0.05 C and 0.1 C if they are 5 cm apart.

4. Three negatively charges spheres, each with a charge of 4.0 x 10 -6 C, are fixed
at the vertices of an equilateral triangle whose sides are 20cm long. Calculate
the value and direction of the net electric force on each sphere.

5. At a certain point in an electric field, the electric field is 12.0 N/C to the north.
Calculate the electric force a point charge of 2.5 x 10-7 C would experience
located at that point in the field.

6. What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field at a point 3.0 m to
the right of a positively charged sphere of 5.4 x 10 -4 C.

7. What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field at point P in the
diagram below?


-10C
+30C


P




0.29m
0.52m


8. The electric field strength midway between a pair of oppositely charged
parallel plates is 3.0 x 103 N/C. What is the electric field intensity halfway
between this point and the positively charged plate?