The work done by the Coulomb force will be "".
Let us define the required work done to move that alpha particle to the one of the mid point of the side length as follows.
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Answer:
distance stop 1.52m,
velocity 4.0 m/s y^
Explanation:
The movement of the particle is two-dimensional since it has acceleration in the x and y axes, the way to solve it is by working each axis independently.
a) At the point where the particle begins to return its velocity must be zero (Vfx = 0)
Vfₓ = V₀ₓ + aₓ t
t = - V₀ₓ/aₓ
t = - 2.4/(-1.9)
t= 1.26 s
At this time the particle stops, let's find his position
X1 = V₀ₓ t + ½ aₓ t²
X1= 2.4 1.26 + ½ (-1.9) 1.26²
X1= 1.52 m
At this point the particle begins its return
b) The velocity has component x and y
As a section, the X axis x Vₓ = 0 m/s is stopped, but has a speed on the y axis
Vfy= Voy + ay t
Vfy= 0 + 3.2 1.26
Vfy = 4.0 m/s
the velocity is
V = (0 x^ + 4.0 y^) m/s
c) In order to make the graph we create a table of the position x and y for each time, let's start by writing the equations
X = V₀ₓ t+ ½ aₓ t²
Y = Voy t + ½ ay t²
X= 2.4 t + ½ (-1.9) t²
Y= 0 + ½ 3.2 t²
X= 2.4 t – 0.95 t²
Y= 1.6 t²
With these equations we build the table to graph, for clarity we are going to make two distance graph with time, one for the x axis and another for the y axis
Chart to graph
Time (s) x(m) y(m)
0 0 0
0.5 0.960 0.4
1 1.45 1.6
1.50 1.46 3.6
2.00 1.00 6.4
