Questions and Answers
What is the direction of the force exerted on an electron traveling horizontally when it enters a region with a uniform electric field directed upward?
Upward
Which of the following situations DOES NOT guarantee an increase in the magnitude of electric force?
Increase the value of Coulomb’s constant
If a -2.3x10^-4 C charge exerts a repulsive force of magnitude 0.35 N on an unknown charge 0.20 m away, what are the magnitude and polarity of the unknown charge?
Charge → 6.77 x 10^-7 C: polarity → negative
If the distance between two charged objects is doubled and the magnitude of one charge is also doubled, what happens to the electric force between them?
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What is the resulting force of a dipole (electron and proton) separated by a distance of 5.29x10^-11 m?
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What happens when the product of the charges between an electron and a proton is increased by a factor of two?
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If the product of the charges between an electron and a proton is increased by a factor of four, what effect does it have on the distance between them?
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When is the electric force between an electron and a proton 4.7x10^-19 N?
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What is the magnitude of the electric field due to a 4.0 nC charge at a point 2 cm away?
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If the electric field 2.0m from a point charge is 8.0x10^4 N/C, what is the strength of the electric field at a distance of 4.0 m?
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Given a -1.2μC charge, an electric field of 2500 N/C directed along the +y axis, what is the magnitude and direction of the electric force?
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