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Problem Solving Questions (Part I) PDF

1. This document provides 30 practice problems involving concepts of electricity and circuits including Coulomb's law, electric fields, Gauss's law, capacitors, electric current, Ohm's law, and resistance. The problems are to be solved using the GRESA problem-solving method and specific instructions are provided for labeling, units, and submitting solutions. 2. Example problems include determining the force between two point charges, calculating electric field and flux, finding equivalent resistances of series and parallel circuits, and analyzing voltage drops and currents in circuits with batteries and resistors. Solutions require using fundamental equations and applying concepts of electrostatics, electric fields, circuits, and problem-solving approaches. 3. Students are asked to

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Problem Solving Questions (Part I) PDF

1. This document provides 30 practice problems involving concepts of electricity and circuits including Coulomb's law, electric fields, Gauss's law, capacitors, electric current, Ohm's law, and resistance. The problems are to be solved using the GRESA problem-solving method and specific instructions are provided for labeling, units, and submitting solutions. 2. Example problems include determining the force between two point charges, calculating electric field and flux, finding equivalent resistances of series and parallel circuits, and analyzing voltage drops and currents in circuits with batteries and resistors. Solutions require using fundamental equations and applying concepts of electrostatics, electric fields, circuits, and problem-solving approaches. 3. Students are asked to

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PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTIONS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

• Use GRESA method on solving the following questions.


• For your final answers, follow the least significant figure of the given unless stated. Use 4 decimal places in
your side computations to avoid discrepancies.
• Do NOT forget to write the units in your answers on side computations and final answers.
• Write your solutions in an unused bond paper (any size available) or clean sheets from your notebook
(avoid using very small notebooks).
• No need to rewrite the problem in your paper. Start with the given directly. Draw the free-body diagram
(every time) if possible.
• Use black pens only. Do NOT use pencils.
• Take a photo/image (as clear as possible) of every solution. Write the Topic and #.
• Upload the photos of your solution as a post in this group with a caption/title of: "Electricity Part I: Last
Name, Given Name)"
• Deadline: MAY 15, 2020

Coulomb’s Law

1. Suppose that two-point charges, each with a charge of +1.00 coulomb are separated by 1.00 meter.
Determine the magnitude of the electrical force of repulsion between them.
2. Two point charges 𝑞1 = +7.0 𝑛𝐶 and 𝑞2 = −56 𝑛𝐶 are separated by a distance 𝑟 = 0.50 𝑚𝑚. (a) Find
the magnitude the force between the two and (b) the direction of the electric force that 𝑞1 exerts on
𝑞2 .
3. Two balloons are charged with an identical quantity and type of charge: −6.25 𝑛𝐶. They are held
apart at a separation distance of 61.7 𝑐𝑚. Determine the magnitude of the electrical force of repulsion
between them.
4. Two balloons with charges of +3.37 µ𝐶 and −8.21 µ𝐶 attract each other with a force of 0.062 Newton.
Determine the separation distance (in meters) between the two balloons.
5. Two point charges are located on the positive x-axis of a coordinate system. Charge 𝑞1 = 3.0 𝑛𝐶 is
2.0 𝑐𝑚 from the origin, and charge 𝑞2 = −7.0 𝑛𝐶 is 4.0 𝑐𝑚 from the origin. Determine the magnitude
of electric force exerted
(a) by 𝑞1 on 𝑞3 (𝐹1𝑜𝑛3 ) and
(b) by 𝑞2 on 𝑞3 (𝐹2𝑜𝑛3 ).
(c) What is the total force (magnitude and direction) exerted by these two charges on a third point
charge 𝑞3 = 5.0 𝑛𝐶 located at the origin?
PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTIONS
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Electric Field

6. What is the magnitude of the electric field 𝐸 at a field point 2.0 𝑚 from a point charge 𝑞 = 2.0 𝑛𝐶?
7. How far (in meters) from a point charge 𝑞 = 170 𝑛𝐶 to experience an electric field of 170 𝑁/𝐶?
8. An electric field of 316 𝑁/𝐶 is present 75 𝑐𝑚 away from a point charge. Determine the charge in
coulombs if the direction of the electric field is towards the point charge.
9. A point charge 𝑞 = 5.0 𝜇𝐶 is located at the origin. Find the magnitude and direction of the electric
field at the field point 𝑥 = −3.0 𝑚, 𝑦 = 4.0 𝑚.
10. Point charges 𝑞1 and 𝑞2 of +12 𝑛𝐶 and −12 𝑛𝐶, respectively, are placed 10.0 𝑐𝑚 apart (as shown in
the figure). This combination of two charges with equal magnitude and opposite sign is called an
electric dipole Compute the resultant electric field vector (magnitude and direction) at (a) point 𝑎,
midway between the charges, and (b) point 𝑏, 4.0 𝑐𝑚 to the left of 𝑞1 .

11. Point charges 𝑞1 = +12 𝑛𝐶 and 𝑞2 = +12 𝑛𝐶 are


0.100 𝑚 apart as shown in the figure. (Such pairs of
point charges with equal magnitude and opposite
sign are called electric dipoles) Compute the electric
field caused by 𝑞1 , the field cause by 𝑞2 , and the total
field (a) at point 𝑎, (b) at point 𝑏, and (c) at point 𝑐.
PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTIONS
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Gauss’s Law and Electric Flux

12. A closed surface encloses a net charge of 2.50 𝑛𝐶. What is the net electric flux through the surface?
13. If the electric flux through a closed surface is determined to be 140 𝑁 ∙ 𝑚2 /𝐶, how much charge is
enclosed by the surface?
14. The figure shows cross sections of five closed surfaces
𝑆1 , 𝑆2 , … 𝑆5 . Find the net electric flux passing through
each of these surfaces.
Hint: Use Gauss’s Law to solve the net electric flux on
a closed surface. The 𝑄𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑙 is the sum of the charges
enclosed on the surface considered.
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Electric Potential

15. Two large conducting plate separated by 7.37 𝑚𝑚 carry charges of equal magnitude and opposite
sign, creating a uniform electric field with magnitude 3.80 × 103 𝑁/𝐶 between the plates. An electron
moves from the negatively charged plate to the positively charged plate. How much work does the
electric field do on the electron? (Charge of electron = 1.6022 × 10−19 𝐶)
16. An electric dipole consists of point charges 𝑞1 =
+12 𝑛𝐶 and 𝑞2 = −12 𝑛𝐶 placed 10.0 𝑐𝑚 apart (as
shown in the figure). Compute the electric potentials
(a) at point 𝑎,
(b) at point 𝑏,
(c) and at point 𝑐.
Hint: Use the equation on Electric Potential due to
several Point Charge.
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Capacitors

17. A capacitor has a charge of 250 𝑛𝐶 with a potential difference of 32 𝑉.What is its capacitance?
18. If the potential difference of a 5 𝑝𝐹 (1 𝑝𝐹 = 1 × 10−12 𝐹) capacitor is 18 𝑉, what charge (in coulombs)
is the capacitor holding?
19. Find the total capacitance for three capacitors connected in series, given their individual capacitances
are 𝐶1 = 1.000 𝜇𝐹 , 𝐶2 = 5.000 𝜇𝐹 , and 𝐶3 = 8.000 𝜇𝐹. If they are connected to a 12.00 𝑉 battery,
calculate the voltage and charge on each of the capacitors.
20. Find the net capacitance for three capacitors connected in parallel, given their individual capacitances
are 𝐶1 = 1.000 𝜇𝐹 , 𝐶2 = 5.000 𝜇𝐹 , and 𝐶3 = 8.000 𝜇𝐹. If they are connected to a 12.00 𝑉 battery,
calculate the voltage and charge on each of the capacitors.
21. Find the total capacitance of the combination of capacitors shown in
the figure. Assume the capacitances are known to three decimal places
(𝐶1 = 1.000 𝜇𝐹, 𝐶2 = 5.000𝜇𝐹, 𝐶3 = 8.000 𝜇𝐹). Round your answer to
three decimal places.

22. Determine the net capacitance C of the capacitor combination


shown in the figure when the capacitances are 𝐶1 = 12.0 𝜇𝐹, 𝐶2 =
2.0 𝜇𝐹, and 𝐶3 = 4.0 𝜇𝐹. When a 12.0 − 𝑉 potential difference is
maintained across the combination, find the charge and the
voltage across each capacitor.
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Electric Current, Ohm’s Law, Resistance

23. One of the circuits in a small portable CD player operates on a current of 3.2 𝑚𝐴. (a) How many
electrons enter and leave this part of the player in 2.5 𝑠? (b) How many seconds past if there are
20.0 × 1016 electrons flowed through it?
24. During lightning strikes from a cloud to the ground, current as high as 25 000.0 𝐴 can occur and last
for about 40.0 𝜇𝑠. How much charge is transferred from the cloud to the earth during such a strike?
25. Typical household currents are on the order of a few amperes. If a 1.50 𝐴 current flows through the
leads of an electric appliance, (a) how many electrons per second pass through it, (b) how many
coulombs pass through it in 5.0 𝑚𝑖𝑛, and (c) how long does it take for 7.50 𝐶 of charge to pass
through?
26. A 500.0-ohm resistor has a potential difference of 5.0 𝑉 across its terminal. (a) How much current is
flowing through it? (b) If the current flowing through the resistor is 5 𝜇𝐴, what is the voltage across
its terminal?
27. What is the equivalent resistance of three resistors with values, 1.2 𝑘Ω, 4.7 𝑘Ω, and 10 𝑘Ω if they are
connected (a) in series; (b) in parallel?
28. A battery with a terminal voltage of 9.0 V is connected to a circuit consisting of four 20.0 𝛺 and one
10.0 𝛺 resistors all in series. Assume the battery has negligible internal resistance. (a) Calculate the
equivalent resistance of the circuit. (b) Calculate the current through each resistor. (c) Calculate the
potential drop (voltage) across each resistor.

29. A battery with a terminal voltage of 9.0 V is connected to a circuit


consisting of four 10.0 𝑘𝛺 and one 20.0 𝑘𝛺 resistors all in parallel 𝑅5 = 20 𝑘Ω
(refer to the figure on the right). Assume the battery has negligible
internal resistance. (a) Calculate the equivalent resistance of the
circuit. (b) Calculate the current through each resistor. (c) Calculate
the potential drop (voltage) across each resistor.

30. The figure below shows resistors wired in a combination of series


and parallel. We can consider R1 to be the resistance of wires leading
to R2 and R3. (a) Find the equivalent resistance of the circuit. (b)
What is the potential drop V1 across resistor R1? (c) Find the current
I2 through resistor R2. (d) Calculate voltage drop across R3.

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