PHYS 211 Final, Spring 2008
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PHYSICS 211
NEWEST QUIZZI
& FINALS
1997 QUIZZES ARE INCLUDED
1998 — 1999 EDITION
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Physics 211
Quiz I
Time: T hour April 8, 1998
Question 15%
Four identical point charges of Q coulomb are located at the corners of a
square,
= 90x 10?Nm? /C?
4ime 0
Q=5x1oee
d 0 LAYd
&{ How much work must be done to completely separate the four
charges from one another ?
bf Find the force ( magnitude and direction) ? one point charge of 2Q
coulomb located at the center of the square .
C\ Find the force (magnitude and direction) on the charge at the
center of the square when one of the corner charges ts removed.
Question TL 15 %
The electric potential at the A.B & C, the corners ofan equilateral
triangle with a side of 0.5 m, are respectively : 7 LOY, +15V, & -12V.
How much work (siga & magnitude in units of eV, the charge of the
proton is te) must be done to move 2 proton at constant speed.
a) From A via BtoC
b) From A via C to B
c) From A viaC and Bto A
d)- From CtoA
Solation:
1 2
ALE g x( av2)~
direction to the empty corner
Question LU
Ver Vae AV=-12-10=-22V
W = qAV=-22 eV
nen
b) e A -» B
Va- Vayu AVe= 15-1085 V
We qAV=5eV
c) e A - A
AV=OV
W=0V
dl) es -(A -» C)
Woe 22 eV a a
Question UE
a) QE=-Q f XL
b)
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Ve~ fEds=— f - Sock dr= Aner
4negr* ane gb
Gret ~ Q * Ol + Q2 faesenne n> Q2 = Cnet = 4negb Vv
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uestion LV 30%
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Two large, parallel, metal plates of area 4 mv" * face each other & cx
equal and € opposite charges on their inner surfaces. The notential
difference between tne plates is 550 VY. A proton, placed at a distance of
ed plate experiences a force of 8.8x10 ON
3 cm from the positively chat
=90x 10° Nim” ic;
Axe Q
e=160x 107°C
Lo7 x lO ~' Kg
2a
88x 1071? F/m
a) Find the distance d between the plates ?
b) What is the total charge on the plates ?
c) Another proton, placed midway between the two plates, moves
towards the negatively charged plate with a velocity Vy, what
should the magnitude & direction of Vy be in order that the proton
just comes at rest in front of the negatively charged plate ?
nil 40%
A spherical conductor of radius a has a charge Q placed on it. This
spherical conductor is surrounded by a thin, conducting spherical shell
(concentric) of radius b. The shell is kept at constant potential V.
a) Find the charge QI on the inner surface of the shell ?
b) Find the charge Q2 on the outer surface of the shell ?
cl Find the electric field at a distance r from the center of the
spherical conductor where r > by a<r<b; & r<a.?
d) Find the electric potential at a distance r> b; acr<b; & r<al?
r>b
ee dr - bv
Va- fi.ds= [Eds= -JEdr=—bV{ “ =4bV[1/rjh V
~ os on ae r
asr<tb
reb ;
: 2 O
Vu fi.ds - | QR sdr= V+ Qo
; pb ARE yr” dxegr 4iegb
r<a
Question TY
F=eE = 8.8 x 10'°N
E=(8.8 x 10° NV(.60 x 10°C) = $500 N/C
V=Ed=550 V---> d= S50/E=O0.1m
Bao - o =885xlol’xss00=49x108C/m
Q= Area xo = 4x 4.9x 1078 = 19.6 x LO%C
AV = 275V
AU = cAV
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Vp = 23x 10°m/s
towards the +vely charged plate.
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Question f. (20%)
Two long parallel wires run perpendic:
al the \-aXxis at
AXIS alihe pone ( ( | m,
intersects the xy plane
the xy plane on the x
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100 A out of the xy plane. and wire 2 ca
xy plane. (Ug = 4 x 107 Ti mn)
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the xy plane, find the ma
Pind the magnetic induction field B
point p in the xy plane, located at (]in, [tm).
the point p. If the current in this third wire ts 1A, ¢
gnitude
length exerted on the wir
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(direction and magnitude} ata
A third long wire ts parallel to the 2 other wires & passes through
tirected out of
and direction of the force per unit