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Two very large parallel sheets are 5.00 cm apart. Sheet A carries a uniform surface charge density of -8.80 micro coulomb per meter square and sheet B, which is to the right of A, carries a uniform charge density of -11.6 micro coulomb per meter square. Assume that the sheets are large enough to be treated as infinite. Find the magnitude and direction of these sheets produce at a point

(a) 4.00 cm to the right of sheet A

(b) 4.00 cm to the left of sheet A

(c) 4.00 cm to the right of sheet B.

Short Answer

Expert verified

a) The net electric field these sheets produce at a point 4.00 cm to the right of sheet A is 1.58×106N/Cin the direction i.

b) The net electric field these sheets produce at a point 4.00 cm to the left of sheet A 1.15×106N/Cin the direction i.

c) The net electric field these sheets produce at a point 4.00 cm to the right of sheet B -1.15×106N/Cis in the direction i.

Step by step solution

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Step 1:Given:

σA=−8.80μC/m2=−8.80×10−6C,σB=−11.6μC/m2=−11.6×10−6Cε0=8.85×10−12C2/Nmm2,d=5.0cm

02

General understanding of the concept

We know that each sheet produces an electric field and we also know that the infinity sheets produce a field that is Independent of distance from the sheet and its field is given by

E=σ2ε0

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The net electric field on the right of sheet A

a) Since both sheets are negatively charged, so we need to find the sum of the electric fields of each sheet at the given point to find the net electric field exerted on this point.


For the first point, (which is presented in the figure below and we also found the distance between sheet B and the given point as you see below), we need to find the vector sum of these two electric fields. Noting that the direction of the electric field of each sheet is represented in the second figure below. We choose the right direction to be our positive x-direction.

Hence,

Eret=EB−EAEret=σB2ε0−σA2ε0Eprt=σB−σA2εo

Eret=−11.6×10−6−−8.80×10−62×8.85×10−12Eret=1.58×106N/Ci

Put the given above

04

The net electric field on the left of sheet A

b) By the same approach as part (a), and from the second figure below, the net electric field of this position is given by

Emet=EB+EAEmet=σB2εo+σA2εoEmet=σB+σA2εo

Eyet=−11.6×10−6+−8.80×10−62×8.85×10−12Eyet=1.15×106N/Ci

Put the given from above

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The net electric field on the right of sheet B

a) By the same approach and from the second figure below, the net electric field of this position is given by


Eyet=−EB−EAEyet=−σB2ε0−σA2ε0Eyet=−σB+σA2ε0

Eret=−−11.6×10−6+−8.80×10−62×8.85×10−12Eret=−1.15×106N/Ci

Put the given from above

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