PHG15W2: GENERAL PHYSICS II

TUTORIAL 1 SHEET
Electr Charge & Electr Field (ch21) and Gauss’s Law (ch22)
1 (a) Would life be different if the electron were positively charged and the proton were
negatively charged? (b) Does the choice of signs have any bearing on physical and chemical
interactions? Explain your answers.
Ex 21.1. Excess electrons are placed on a small lead sphere with mass 8.00 g so that its net
charge is -3.20 x 10-9 C. (a) Find the number of excess electrons on the sphere. (b) How many
excess electrons are there per lead atom? The atomic number of lead is 82, and its atomic mass
is 207 g/mol.
Ex 21.3. If a proton and an electron are released when they are 2.0 × 10−10 m apart (a typical
atomic distance), find the initial acceleration of each particle.
Problem 21.03. When two point charges are 2.0 cm apart, each one experiences a 1.0N electric
force due to the other charge. If they are moved to a new separation of 8.0 cm, the electric force
on each of them is closest to
A. 1.0 N.
B. 0.063 N.
C. 4.0 N.
D. 16 N.
E. 0.25 N.

Problem 21.14. In the figure, a small spherical insulator of mass 6.00 x 10-2 kg and charge
+0.400 μC is hung by a thin wire of negligible mass. A charge of 0.220 μC is held 0.290 m
away from the sphere and directly to the right of it, so the wire makes an angle theta with the
vertical, as shown. What is the angle theta (k=1/4𝜋𝜀0 =8.99 x109 N·m2/C2).

A. 0.917°
B. 1.70°
C. 1.10°
D. 1.50°
E. 1.30°

Problem 21.26. Three +3.0-μC point charges are at the three corners of a square of side 0.50
m. The last corner is occupied by a -3.0-μC charge. Find the magnitude of the electric field at
the center of the square. (k=1/4𝜋𝜀0 =8.99 x109 N·m2/C2).
Ex 21.34. Point charge q1 = -5.00 nC is at the origin and point charge q2 = +3.00 nC is on the
x-axis at x = 3.00 cm. Point P is on the y-axis at y = 4.00 cm. (a) Calculate the electric fields
⃗ 1 and E
E ⃗ 2 at point P due to the charges q1 and q2. Express your results in terms of unit vectors𝑖̂ , 𝑗̂
(see Example 21.6 in textbook), enter your answers separated by a comma. (b) Use the results
of part (a) to obtain the resultant field at P, expressed in unit vector form.
Ex 21.46. Two particles having charges q1 = 0.700 nC and q2 = 6.50 nC are separated by a
distance of 1.10 m. At what point along the line connecting the two charges is the total electric
field due to the two charges equal to zero?
Ex 21.35. An electron is projected with an initial speed 1.40×106 m/s into the uniform field
between the parallel plates in the figure. Assume that the field between the plates is uniform
and directed vertically downward, and that the field outside the plates is zero. The electron
enters the field at a point midway between the plates. If the electron just misses the upper plate
as it emerges from the field, find the speed of the electron as it emerges from the
field?

Ex 21.53. A ring-shaped conductor with radius a = 2.50 cm has a total positive charge Q =
0.128 nC uniformly distributed around it.

A. What is the magnitude of the electric field at point P, which is on the positive x-axis at x
= 42.0 cm?
B. What is the direction of the electric field at point P?
C. A particle with a charge of - 3.00 𝜇C is placed at the point P described in part A. What is
the magnitude of the force exerted by the particle on the ring?
D. What is the direction of the force exerted by the particle on the ring?

Problem 21.82. Two tiny spheres of mass m = 5.10 𝜇g carry charges of equal magnitude, 72.0
nC, but opposite sign. They are tied to the same ceiling hook by light strings of length 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 𝜃 between the strings equal to 50.0° in the following figure.
Part A
Which ball (the one on the right or the one on the left) has positive charge?
A. The one on the right
B. The one on the left
Part B
What is the magnitude E of the field?
Express your answer with the appropriate units

Problem 21.24. A point charge Q = -500 nC and two unknown point charges, q1 and q2, are
placed as shown in the figure. The electric field at the origin O, due to charges Q, q1 and q2, is
equal to zero. The charge q1 is closest to

A. 130 nC.
B. -130 nC.
C. -76 nC.
D. 150 nC.
E. 76 nC.
Conceptual question 22.03. Which of the following statements about Gauss's law are correct?
(There may be more than one correct choice.) Choose all that apply.
A. If there is no charge inside of a Gaussian surface, the electric field must be zero at points of
that surface.
B. Gauss's law is valid only for symmetric charge distributions, such as spheres and cylinders.
C. The electric flux passing through a Gaussian surface depends only on the amount of charge
inside that surface, not on its size or shape.
D. Only charge enclosed within a Gaussian surface can produce an electric field at points on
that surface.
E. If a Gaussian surface is completely inside an electrostatic conductor, the electric field must
always be zero at all points on that surface.

Problem 22.11. A solid no conducting sphere of radius carries a uniform charge density
throughout its volume. At a radial distance r1 = R/4 from the centre, the electric field has a
magnitude E0. What is the magnitude of the electric field at a radial distance r2 = 2R?
A. E0/2
B. 2E0
C. E0
D. E0/4
E. Zero

Problem 22.07. Four dipoles, each consisting of a +10-µC charge and a -10-µC charge, are
located in the xy - plane with their centres 1.0 mm from the origin, as shown. A sphere passes
through the dipoles, as shown in the figure. What is the electric flux through the sphere due to
these dipoles? (ε0 = 8.85 × 10 -12 C2 /N · m2)

A. 4.5 × 106 N · m2/C

Ex 22.9. A charged paint is spread in a very thin uniform layer over the surface of a plastic
sphere of diameter 15.0 cm, giving it a charge of -18.0 𝜇C. Express all your answers using
three significant figures.
a) Find the electric field just inside the paint layer.
b) Find the electric field just outside the paint layer.
c) Find the electric field 8.50 cm outside the surface of the paint layer.