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CH 23 Questions With Answers

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about electric fields and forces. The questions cover topics such as calculating the magnitude of the electrostatic force between charged particles placed at different positions, determining the electric field and acceleration due to an electric field at a given point, and calculating the electric field and force due to non-point charges such as linear and uniform distributions of charge.

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CH 23 Questions With Answers

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about electric fields and forces. The questions cover topics such as calculating the magnitude of the electrostatic force between charged particles placed at different positions, determining the electric field and acceleration due to an electric field at a given point, and calculating the electric field and force due to non-point charges such as linear and uniform distributions of charge.

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Chapter 23: Electric fields -questions

1. A particle (charge = +40 µC) is located on the x axis at the point x = ---20 cm, and a
second particle (charge = ---50 µC) is placed on the x axis at x = +30 cm. What is the
magnitude of the total electrostatic force on a third particle (charge = ---4.0 µC) placed at
the origin (x = 0)?
a. 41 N
b. 16 N
c. 56 N
d. 35 N
e. 72 N

2. A particle (m = 50 g, q = 5.0 µC) is released from rest when it is 50 cm from a second


particle (Q = --- 20 µC). Determine the magnitude of the initial acceleration of the 50-g
particle.
a. 54 m/s2
b. 90 m/s2
c. 72 m/s2
d. 65 m/s2
e. 36 m/s2

3. If a = 3.0 mm, b = 4.0 mm, Q1 = ---60 nC, Q2 = 80 nC, and q = 30 nC in the figure, what is
the magnitude of the total electric force on q?
a b

Q1 Q2 q

a. 1.4 N
b. 1.0 N
c. 1.7 N
d. 2.0 N
e. 0.50 N

4. A point charge Q is placed at the origin. A second charge, 2Q, is placed on the x axis at
x = --- 3.0 m. If Q = 50 µC, what is the magnitude of the electrostatic force on a third point
charge, ---Q, placed on the y axis at y = +4.0 m?
a. 2.5 N
b. 3.0 N
c. 3.7 N
d. 4.4 N
e. 1.8 N
5. If a = 60 cm, b = 80 cm, Q = --- 6.0 nC, and q = 3.0 nC in the figure, what is the magnitude
of the electric field at point P?
Q

a. 71 N/C
b. 56 N/C
c. 60 N/C a

d. 53 N/C
e. 67 N/C b
P
90˚
90

6. If Q = 80 nC, a = 3.0 m, and b = 4.0 m in the figure, what is the magnitude of the electric
field at point P?
2Q

a. 45 N/C a
b. 70 N/C
c. 29 N/C 90˚
90 b
–Q P
d. 47 N/C
e. 92 N/C a

2Q

7. A charge of 50 nC is uniformly distributed along the y axis from y = 3.0 m to y =


5.0 m. What is the magnitude of the electric field at the origin?

a. 18 N/C

b. 50 N/C

c. 30 N/C

d. 15 N/C

e. 90 N/C
8. A uniform linear charge density of 7.0 nC/m is distributed along the y axis from y = 2 m
to y = 5 m. Which of the following integrals is correct for the magnitude (in N/C) of the
electric field at y = 0 on the y axis?
63dy
5
a. ∫2 y2
5 21dy
b. ∫2 y2
5 63dy
c. ∫2 ( 5 − y )2

5 21dy
d. ∫2 ( 5 − y )2

e. none of these

9. The electron gun in a television tube accelerates electrons (mass = 9.1 × 10--- 31 kg,
charge = 1.6 × 10---19 C) from rest to 3.0 × 10 7 m/s within a distance of 2.0 cm. What
electric field is required?

10. An alpha particle (charge = +2e) is sent at high speed toward a gold nucleus (charge
+79 e). What is the electrical force acting on the alpha particle when it is at a distance of
2 × 10---14 m away from the gold nucleus? (e = 1.6 × 10--- 19 C)

Answer

1- C
2- C
3- B
4- B
5- D
6- D
7- C
8- A
9- 128 000 N/C
10- 91 N

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