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Solve for the following problems. Show the complete solution and box your final answer. Final answers
should be rounded up to two decimal places.
1. How many electrons are contained in 1.0 C?
2. Two particles of equal charge, each having 1 C, are separated by a distance of 1.0 km. Find the
electrostatic force between them. Is this force attractive or repulsive?
3. What is the force of repulsion between two argon nuclei that are separated by 1.0 10
charge of one argon nucleus is +18e.

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4. Two nickel coins with identical charges are separated by 1.5 m. If the forces exerted by the coins to
one another are both 2.0 N, what is the charge on each coin?
5. Four equal charge of +3.0 C are located at the corners of a square that is 40 cm on a side. Find
the force on any one of the charges.
6. Charges of +2.0 C, +3.0 C and 8.0 C are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle of
side 10 cm. What is the magnitude of the force acting on the 8.0 C charge due to the other two
charges?
7. How much electric potential energy does a proton lose as it falls through a potential drop of 5 kV?
8. A tin nucleus has a charge of +50e. What is the potential at distance of 1.0 10
nucleus?

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9. Three resistors; R1 = 3.0 , R2 = 4.0 and R5 = 5.0 are connected in parallel with a 60.0 V
battery.
a. What is the voltage across each resistor?
b. What is the equivalent resistance?
c.

What is the current across each resistor?

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10. Two 10 C charges were placed 6 x 10 km away from each other. How strong is the electrostatic
force?
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11. Two charges 4 x10 C and 8 x 10 C are 2 meters apart. What is the electric field intensity halfway
between them?
12. Two charges of unknown magnitude and sign are observed to repel one another with a force of 0.1
N when they are 5 cm apart. What will the force be when they are separated a) 10 cm apart, b) 50
cm apart, c) 1 cm apart.
13. How much voltage is required to make 2 amperes flow through a resistance of 8 ohms?
14. Calculate
the
power
dissipated
by
120 V outlet and that has a resistance of 14 ohms.

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15. Calculate the monthly (30 days) cost of running a 5 W electric clock continuously in a location were
electricity costs 2.50 pesos per kilowatt hour.
16. A current of 3.0 A is passing through a certain resistor with a resistance of 4.0 . What is the
potential difference across the resistor?
17. The voltage across a 9.0 resistor is 27 V. What is the current passing through it?
18. Three resistors; R1 = 3.0 , R2 = 4.0 and R5 = 5.0 are connected in parallel with a 60.0 V
battery.
a. What is the voltage across each resistor?
b. What is the equivalent resistance?
19. The potential across an ohmic conductor is 9.0 V and a 2 ampere current passes through it. What
is its resistance?
20. A current of 3.0 A is passing through a certain resistor with a resistance of 4.0 . What is the
potential difference across the resistor?

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