PHYS 251 Chapter 20.1-20.3: Reading Notes

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Long range repulsive force: force requiring no contact. Like charges exert repulsive forces on each other. Opposite charges (positive/negative) exert attractive forces on each other. If two objects are held further from each other, the force between them decreases. The strength of force is greater for objects rubbed more vigorously. Neutral objects: contain equal amounts of positive and negative charge (no overall net charge) When a rod is rubbed with wool, charge is transferred. Negative charge is transferred from the wool to the rod. The rod is left with an excess of negative charge. The wool has lost some negative charge so there is an excess of positive charge. Law of conservation of charge: charge cannot be created or destroyed. Charge can be transferred only when objects touch. Conductors: material through or along which charge easily moves (like metal) Insulators: material on or in which charges remain immobile (like glass and plastic)

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1.Two uncharged, conducting spheres, A and B, are held at rest oninsulating stands and are in contact. A positively charged rod isbrought near sphere A. While the rod is in place, the two spheresare separated. How will the spheres be charged, if at all, afterthey are separated?
Sphere A Sphere B
(a) positive positive
(b) positive negative
(c) negative positive
(d) negative negative
(e) zero zero

2. A charged conductor is brought near an uncharged insulator.Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) Both objects will repel each other.
(b) Both objects will attract each other.
(c) Neither object exerts an electrical force on the other.
(d) The objects will repel each other only if the conductor has anegative charge.
(e) The objects will attract each other only if the conductor has apositive charge.

3. An electron is moved from point A, where the electric potentialis VA = â240 V, to point B, where the electric potential is VB =â360 V. What is the change in the electric
potential energy?
(a) 1.92Ã10â17 J (b) 2.04Ã10â17 J (c) 5.75Ã10â17 J (d) 8.98Ã10â17 J(e) 1.05Ã10â16 J

4. A -2q charge is located a distance d to the right of a +4qcharge, along the x
axis. At which point (or points) along the axis does the electricfield go to zero? To
solve this problem, consider an observer at point P, which is anarbitrary distance x from the +4q charge. Find the value (orvalues) for x (in terms of the separation distance d) where thetotal electric field vanishes.
(a) The electric field is never zero in the vicinity of thesecharges.
(b) The electric field is zero at x = -0.328d.
(c) The electric field is zero at x = +4.22d.
(d) The electric field is zero at both x = -2.26d and x =+2.26d.
(e) The electric field is zero at x = +3.41d.

5. point A is a distance L away from a point charge Q. Point B is adistance 4L away from Q. What is the ratio of the electrostaticpotential at B to that at A, i.e., what is VB/VA?
(a) 1/16
(b) 1/9
(c) 1/4
(d) 1/3
(e) can not be determined without specifying Q and L

6. Which one of the following statements best explains why it ispossible to define an electric potential
in a region of space that contains an electric field?
(a) Work must be done to bring two positive charges closertogether.
(b) Like charges repel one another and unlike charges attract oneanother.
(c) A positive charge will gain kinetic energy as it approaches anegative charge.
(d) The work required to bring two charges together is independentof the path taken.
(e) A negative charge will gain kinetic energy as it moves awayfrom another negative charge.

1.

While helping a friend move, you push a 11.5 kg dolly with a forceof 11.0 N. Assume there are no other forces acting on the dolly. Ifthe dolly starts at rest, how far does it move in 3.50 s?
1 m

2.

At a lumberjack competition an axe with a mass of 1.25 kg is thrownat a target with a speed of 41 m/s. When it hits the target, itpenetrates to a depth of 0.055 m.
(a) What was the average force exerted by the target on theaxe?
1 N

(b) If the mass of the axe is halved, and the force exerted by thetarget on the axe remains the same, by what multiplicative factordoes the penetration depth change?
2
It doubles. It increases by a factor of the square root of two. Itdoes not change. It decreases by a factor of the square root oftwo. It halves.
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3

Your 1500 kg car pulls a 540 kg trailer away from a stop sign withan acceleration of 2.00 m/s2. (Note the answers should be given inkN.)
(a) What is the net force exerted by the car on the trailer?
1 kN

(b) What force does the trailer exert on the car?
2 kN

(c) What is the net force acting on the car?
3 kN

4.

Two boxes sit next to, and touching, each other on a frictionlesshorizontal surface. The lighter box has a mass of 5.31 kg and theheavier box has a mass of 7.29 kg.
(a) Find the contact force between these boxes when a horizontalforce of 6.1 N is applied to the light one.
1 N

(b) If the 6.1 N force is applied to the heavy box instead, is thecontact force between the boxes the same as, greater than, or lessthan the contact force in part (a)?
2

(c) Verify your answer to part (b) by calculating the contact forcein this case.
3 N

5.

A child sits in a wagon and together they have a mass of 25 kg. Thewagon is pulled with a constant speed by a handle that is at anangle of 22Â° above the horizontal. If the normal force exerted onthe wagon is 210 N, what is the force F applied to thehandle?
1 N

6.

An object acted on by three forces moves with constant velocity.One force acting on the object is in the positive x direction andhas a magnitude of 6.7 N; a second force has a magnitude of 4.5 Nand points in the negative y direction. Find the direction andmagnitude of the third force acting on the object.
1 N
2Â° (counterclockwise from the +x axis)

7.

A chain is used to lift a 1200 kg car vertically upward with anacceleration of 0.90 m/s2. What is the tension in the chain?
1 N

8.

A 22.5 kg box (m1) rests on a table.

(a) What is the weight of the box?
1 N
What is the normal force acting on it?
2 N (upward)
(b) A 12.5 kg box (m2) is placed directly on top of the 22.5 kgbox.
Determine the normal force that the table exerts on the 22.5 kgbox.
3 N (upward)
Determine the normal force that the 22.5 kg box exerts on the 12.5kg box.
4 N (upward)

9.

Your friend has a weight of 127 lb when standing on a scale. Youtake the scale to an elevator where you notice your friend's weighton the scale reads 108 lb. What are the direction and magnitude ofthe elevator's acceleration?
Direction 1
Magnitude 2 m/s2

10.

When you lift a package with a force of 82 N, the packageaccelerates upward at a rate of a. If, instead, you lift with aforce of 93 N, the package now has an acceleration of 8 multipliedby a.
(a) Find the weight of the package.
1 N

(b) Find the acceleration a.
2 m/s2

11.

One 3.1 kg paint bucket is hanging by a massless cord from another3.1 kg paint bucket, also hanging by a massless cord, as shownbelow.

(a) If the buckets are at rest, what is the tension in eachcord?
(lower cord) 1 N
(upper cord) 2 N

(b) If the two buckets are pulled upward with an acceleration of1.30 m/s2 by the upper cord, calculate the tension in eachcord.
(lower cord) 3 N
(upper cord)5

12)
Your friend has a pair of fuzzy dice with a mass of 1.32 g hangingfrom his rear-view mirror.
(a) When he accelerates from a stoplight, the dice deflect backwardtoward the rear of the car hanging at an angle of 6.18Â° relative tothe vertical. Find the tension in the string holding thedice.
N

(b) At what angle to the vertical will the tension in the string betwice the weight of the dice?
Â°

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