Chapter 23: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. c. From symmetry, the fields of the positive charges cancel. The net field is that of the negative charge, which is toward the charge.

  2. 2. ηC=ηB=ηA. All pieces of a uniformly charged surface have the same surface charge density.

  3. 3. b, e, and h. b and e both increase the linear charge density λ.

  4. 4. E1=E2=E3=E4=E5. The field strength of a charged plane is the same at all distances from the plane. An electric field diagram shows the electric field vectors at only a few points; the field exists at all points.

  5. 5. E1=E2=E3=E4=E5. The electric field strength between the plates of a capacitor is the same at all points.

  6. 6. c. Parabolic trajectories require constant acceleration and thus a uniform electric field. The proton has an initial velocity component to the left, but it’s being pushed back to the right.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1. 7.6×103 N/C vertical, 0° from vertical

  2. 3. 5.4×102 N/C, 90° cw from horizontal

  3. 5.

    1. 28 nC mm

    2. 28 nC

    3. 3.8 nC

  4. 7. 2.9×10−3 N

  5. 9. 4000 N/C

  6. 11. 2.3×105 N/C, 1.67×105 N/C, 2.3×105 N/C

  7. 13. 15 nC

  8. 15.

    1. (2.6×104 N/C, left)

    2. (2.6×10−5 N, right)

  9. 17. 27 nC

  10. 19. −η0ϵ0î, −(2η0/ϵ0)î, +(η0/ϵ0)î

  11. 21. −0.35 pC

  12. 23. 1.9 cm

  13. 25. 6.7 nC

  14. 27.

    1. 3.6×106 N/C

    2. 8.3×105 m/s

  15. 29. 0.18 m

  16. 31.

    1. 0.040 s

    2. 1.6×104 N/C

  17. 33.

    1. 14πϵ0qQsr3

    2. 14πϵ0qQsr2

  18. 35. 1.8×10−21 N m

  19. 37.

    1. 1.2×104 N/C î+2.4×105 N/C ĵ

    2. 2.5×105 N/C, 87° ccw from +x-axis

  20. 39. 14πϵ0QL2(2−1)(î + ĵ)

  21. 41. 14πϵ016λy4y2+d2

  22. 45. Ez=zQ4πϵ0(z2+R2)3/2

  23. 47.

    1. ±R2

    2. 233Q4πϵ0 R2

  24. 49.

    1. (Ei)x=14πϵ0(2QπR2)Δθ cos  θi, (Ei)y=14πϵ0(2QπR2)Δθ sin  θi

    2. Ex=14πϵ0(2QπR2)∫0π/2cos  θ dθ, Ey=14πϵ0(2QπR2)∫0π/2sin  θ dθ

    3. E⃗net=14πϵ02QπR2(î+ĵ)

  25. 51. 3.8×106 m/s

  26. 53. 1.19×107 m/s

  27. 55.

    1. Negative

    2. 3.8×104 N/C

    3. 2.5 mm

  28. 57. 4.2×10−4 N

  29. 59. 6.56×1015 Hz

  30. 61.

    1. C2s2kg

    2. F⃗ion on dipole=((14πϵ0)2 2q2αr5, toward ion)

  31. 63. 0.74 GHz

  32. 65.

    1. 14 cm

  33. 67.

    1. 7.4×10−11 C

  34. 69.

  35. 71. η2ϵ0[1−RL2+R2]

  36. 73. −2.3 nC/m