Chapter 13: Q3CP (page 522)
A particle with charge +1nC (a nanocoulomb is 1X10-9C) is located at the origin. What is the electric field due to this particle at a location ?
Short Answer
The electric field due to this particle at a location is .
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Chapter 13: Q3CP (page 522)
A particle with charge +1nC (a nanocoulomb is 1X10-9C) is located at the origin. What is the electric field due to this particle at a location ?
The electric field due to this particle at a location is .
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A dipole is located at the origin and is composed of charged particles with charge and , separated by a distance along the y axis. The charge on -y axis. Calculate the force on a proton due to this dipole at a location .
A sphere with radius is placed at a location near a point charge. The sphere has a charge of spread uniformly over its surface. The electric field due to the point charge has a magnitude of at the center of the sphere. What is the magnitude of the force on the sphere due to the point charge?
A charged particle located at the origin creates an electric field of at a location . What is the particle’s charge?
A sphere with radius 1cm has a charge of 5x10-9C spread out uniformly over its surface. What is the magnitude of the electric field due to the sphere at a location 4 cm from the center of the sphere?
If we triple the distance d, by what factor is the force on the point charge due to the dipole in Figure 13.60 reduced? (Note that the factor is smaller than one if the force is reduced and larger than one if the force is increased.)

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