Chapter 31: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. b. v ⃗AB is parallel to B⃗A hence v ⃗AB×B⃗A is zero. E⃗B=E⃗A and points in the positive z-direction. v ⃗AB×E⃗A points down, in the negative y-direction, so −v ⃗AB×E⃗A/c2 points in the positive y-direction and causes B⃗B to be angled upward.

  2. 2. BC>BA>BD>BB. The induced magnetic field strength depends on the rate dE/dt at which the electric field is changing. Steeper slopes on the graph correspond to larger magnetic fields.

  3. 3. e. E⃗ is perpendicular to B⃗ and to v ⃗, so it can only be along the z-axis. According to the Ampère-Maxwell law, dΦe/dt has the same sign as the line integral of B⃗⋅ds⃗ around the closed curve. The integral is positive for a cw integration. Thus, from the right-hand rule, E⃗ is either into the page (negative z-direction) and increasing, or out of the page (positive z-direction) and decreasing. We can see from the figure that B is decreasing in strength as the wave moves from left to right, so E must also be decreasing. Thus E⃗ points along the positive z-axis.

  4. 4. a. The Poynting vector S⃗=(E⃗×B⃗)/μ0 points in the direction of travel, which is the positive y-direction. B⃗ must point in the positive x-direction in order for E⃗×B⃗ to point upward.

  5. 5. b. The intensity along a line from the antenna decreases inversely with the square of the distance, so the intensity at 20 km is 14 that at 10 km. But the intensity depends on the square of the electric field amplitude, or, conversely, E0 is proportional to I1/2. Thus E0 at 20 km is 12 that at 10 km.

  6. 6. ID>IA>IB=IC. The intensity depends on cos2 θ where θ is the angle between the axes of the two filters. The filters in D have θ=0°. The two filters in both B and C are crossed (θ=90°) and transmit no light at all.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1.

    1. Along the −x-axis

    2. Along the y-axis (+ or −)

    3. Along the +x-axis

  2. 3. −1.11×10−5 ĵ  T

  3. 5. 11 T, inward

  4. 7. 17 μA

  5. 11. 6.0×105 V/m

  6. 13.

    1. 628 nm

    2. 4.77×1014 Hz

    3. 900 V/m

  7. 15. −z-direction

  8. 17. 980 V/M, 3.3 T

  9. 19.

    1. 2.2×10−6 W/m2

    2. 0.041 V/m

  10. 21. 4.6×10−7 T

  11. 23. 3.3×10−6 T, (−1.7×10−6 T)î

  12. 25. 66 mW

  13. 27. (−1.73×106 î +2.0×106 ĵ ) V/m

  14. 29.

    1. (0.10 T, into page)

    2. 0 V/m, (0.10 T, into page)

  15. 31. (−3.2×10−14 î−4.8×10−14 ĵ) N 

  16. 33.

    1. 0.94 V/m

    2. 10.0 T

  17. 37.

    1. 1.0 mT

    2. 0.160 mT

  18. 39.

    1. 5.4×1015 N/C s

    2. Opposite

  19. 41.

    1. −14.6, 6.8×10−2

    2. −260î+140ĵ−200k^ W/m2

  20. 43.

    1. 3.85×1026W

    2. 589 W/m2

  21. 45. 1.3 m

  22. 47. 0.092 V/m

  23. 49. 1.8×107V/m

  24. 51. 1.3 m

  25. 53. 4.9×107 W/m2

  26. 55. 0.41 m/s

  27. 57. 63°

  28. 59.

    1. 7.9×104 m/s

    2. 0.81 m/s2

    3. 27 h

    4. 1.2 GW

  29. 61. 16°

  30. 63. 8.8 h

  31. 65. 5.2 μV/m