THE MABINI ACADEMY

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

ELECTRIC CHARGES: COULOM’SLAW WORKSHEET
S.Y. 2019 - 2020
NAME: SCORE
SECTION: DATE

Directions: Solve the following problems. Write your answers on the space provided before each problem. Be neat
and organized in presenting you solution.

1. Three point charges are arranged as shown in the given figure below. (a) Find the vector electric field that
the 6.00-nC and - 3.00-nC charges together create at the origin. (b) Find the vector force on the 5.00-nC
charge.
0.300 𝑚
+ +

5.0 𝜇𝐶 6.0 𝜇𝐶
0.100 𝑚

−3.0 𝜇𝐶

2. Identical point charges Q are placed at each of the four corners of a rectangle measuring 2.0 by 3.0 m. If
Q = 32 μC, What is the magnitude of electrostatic force on any one of the charges?

3. Four point charges are placed at the following xy – coordinates: 𝑄1 = −1 𝑚𝐶, 𝑎𝑡 (−3 𝑐𝑚, 0 𝑐𝑚);
𝑄2 = −1 𝑚𝐶, 𝑎𝑡 (+3 𝑐𝑚, 0 𝑐𝑚); 𝑄3 = +1.024 𝑚𝐶, 𝑎𝑡 (0 𝑐𝑚, 0 𝑐𝑚) and 𝑄4 =
+2 𝑚𝐶, 𝑎𝑡 (0 𝑐𝑚, −4 𝑐𝑚). Calculate the net force on charge 𝑄4 due to other charges.

4. Three negatively charged spheres, each with a charge of 5.0 𝜇𝐶, are fixed at the vertices of an equilateral
triangle whose sides are 30 cm long. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the net electric force on
each sphere.

5. Three objects, carrying charges of - 4.0 𝜇𝐶, - 6.0 𝜇𝐶 , and +9.0 𝜇𝐶, respectively, are placed in a line,
equally spaced from left to right by a distance of 0.50 m. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
net force acting on each charge that results from the presence of the other two.

6. A point charge 𝑞1 = 100 𝑛𝐶 is at the origin of an xy – coordinate system, a point charge 𝑞2 =

−80 𝑛𝐶 is on the x – axis at x = 2.0 m, and a point charge 𝑞3 = −60 𝑛𝐶 is on the y- axis at y = -2.0
m. Determine the magnitude and direction on 𝑞1 .

7. Three point charges are located at the corners of an equilateral triangle as shown in the Figure below.
Calculate the resultant electric force on the 7.0 μC charge.

7.0 𝜇𝐶

0.50 𝑚

𝜃 = 65°
-
+

2.0 𝜇𝐶 −4.0 𝜇𝐶