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Two tiny spheres of mass 6.80 mg carry charges of equal magnitude, 72.0 nC, but opposite signs. They are tied to the same ceiling hook by light strings of a length of 0.530 m. When a horizontal uniform electric field E that is directed to the left is turned on, the spheres hang at rest with the angle u between the strings equal to 58.0掳 (Fig. P21.74). (a) Which ball (the one on the right or the one on the left) has a positive charge? (b) What is the magnitude E of the field?

Short Answer

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a) The left ball has a positive charge

b) The magnitude of the electric field is 2963.8N/C

Step by step solution

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Step 1:

(a) To determine which ball has the positive charge, we will follow the direction of the electric field E is directed to the left, which means that the lines of the field are directed to the left. Lines of the field always go from the positively charged side to the negatively charged, so we can conclude that the positive charge that causes the field E is on the right side and the negative charge is on the left side.

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Step 2

According to Coulomb's law, the force that acts between two charged bodies is as such that two charges of the same sign go from each other and two charges of the opposite sign go towards each other. Since the positive charge of the electric field E is on the right side, the positively charged ball is on the left side

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Step 3:

(b) To determine the magnitude of the field, we will use Newton's second law. We will consider only the forces that act upon the negatively charged ball.

  • Fg=mggravitational force, which is directed downwards,

  • Fe=kq2r2Coulomb's force between the balls, which is directed to the left,

  • FE=qEForce of the electric field, which is directed to the right and

  • T tension of the string, which is directed along the string

The sum of these forces is equal to zero since the ball is in the equilibrium state

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Step 4:

In the horizontal direction, using Newton's second law, we can write

kq2r2+Tsin2-qE=0

in the vertical direction, using Newton's second law, we can write

Tcos2-mg=0

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Step 5:

Combining these two equations, to get rid of T, we get

Tsin2=qE-kq2r2tan2=qE-kq2r2mg

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Step 6:

From this equation, we can now calculate E

tan2=qE-kq2r2mgtan2.mg=qE-kq2r2E=tan2.mgq+q+kq22Isin22

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Step 7:

Putting the given values into the equation for E, we get:

E=tan2.mgq+q+kq2Isin22=tan29.6.8.10-6kg.9.81m/s272.10-9C+9.109Nm2C2.72.10-9C2.0.530m.sin292

Result:

(a) Left

(b) E= 2963.8 N/C

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