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Chapter 16: Q18Q (page 443)
Why can electric field lines never cross?
If the electric field lines cross at a location, the direction of the electric field at the same point is in the various direction that is impossible. That is why electric field lines never cross.
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The balloon in Fig. 16鈥�48 was rubbed on a student鈥檚 hair. Explain why the water drip curves instead of falling vertically.
Consider the electric field at the three points indicated by the letters A, B, and C in Fig. 16鈥�49. First draw an arrow at each point indicating the direction of the net force that a positive test charge would experience if placed at that point, then list the letters in order of decreasing field strength (strongest first). Explain.
(a) The electric field near the Earth鈥檚 surface has magnitude of about 150 N/C. What is the acceleration experienced by an electron near the surface of the Earth? (b) What about a proton? (c) Calculate the ratio of each acceleration to \({\bf{g = 9}}{\bf{.8}}\;{\bf{m/}}{{\bf{s}}^{\bf{2}}}\).
(II) A large electroscope is made with 鈥渓eaves鈥� that are 78-cm-long wires with tiny 21-g spheres at the ends. When charged, nearly all the charge resides on the spheres. If the wires each make a 26掳 angle with the vertical (Fig. 16鈥�55), what total charge Q must have been applied to the electroscope? Ignore the mass of the wires.
Question:Two point charges,\({Q_1} = - 6.7{\rm{ }}\mu {\bf{C}}\) and\({Q_2} = {\bf{1}}{\bf{.8 }}\mu {\bf{C}}\)are located between two oppositely charged parallel plates, as shown in Fig. 16鈥�65. The two charges are separated by a distance of \(x = 0.47 m\). Assume that the electric field produced by the charged plates is uniform and equal to\(E = 53,000 N/C\). Calculate the net electrostatic force on\({Q_1}\) and give its direction.
FIGURE 16鈥�65 Problem 55.
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