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Explain why free fall acceleration near earths surface is constant

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Naya [18.7K]3 years ago

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Because gravity is constant
<span>the only force acting in free-fall is gravity which points downward at 9.8 m/s</span>

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Part(a): The relative capacitance is $\dfrac{C_{A}}{C_{B}} = 0.33$

Part(b): The relative energy stored is $\dfrac{U_{A}}{U_{B}} = 0.33$

Part(c): The relative charge stored is $\dfrac{Q_{A}}{Q_{B}} = 0.33$

Explanation:

We know the capacitance ( $C$ ) of a capacitor having charge ( $Q$ ) and subjected to a potential difference of ( $V$ ) is given by

$C = \dfrac{Q}{V}$

Also, the energy ( $U$ ) stored by a capacitor can be written as

$U = \dfrac{1}{2}C~V^{2}$

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Given in the problem,

$&& r_{o}^{B} = 2~r_{B}^{i}\\&& r_{o}^{A} = 4~r_{B}^{i}\\&& and~r_{i}^{B} = 4~r_{o}^{B} = 8~r_{B}^{i}$

Now, the capacitance ( $C$ ) of a cylindrical capacitor is given by,

$\bf{C = \dfrac{2~\pi~\epsilon_{0}~L}{ln(\dfrac{r_{o}}{r_{i}})}}$

where $\epsilon_{o}$ is the permittivity of the free space, $L$ is the length of the cylindrical capacitor.

Part(a):

The capacitance of capacitor A,

$C_{A} = \dfrac{2~\pi~\epsilon_{0}L}{ln(\dfrac{r_{o}^{A}}{r_{i}^{A}})} = \dfrac{2~\pi~\epsilon_{0}L}{ln(\dfrac{8~r_{i}^{B}}{r_{i}^{B}})} = \dfrac{2~\pi~\epsilon_{0}L}{ln(8)}$

and the capacitance of capacitor B,

$C_{B} = \dfrac{2~\pi~\epsilon_{0}L}{ln(\dfrac{r_{o}^{B}}{r_{i}^{B}})} = \dfrac{2~\pi~\epsilon_{0}L}{ln(\dfrac{2~r_{i}^{B}}{r_{i}^{B}})} = \dfrac{2~\pi~\epsilon_{0}L}{ln(2)}$

giving the relative capacitance of each capacitor to be

$\dfrac{C_{A}}{C_{B}} = \dfrac{ln(2)}{ln(8)} = \dfrac{ln(2)}{3~\ln(2)} = \dfrac{1}{3} = 0.33$

Part(b):

Energy stored by capacitor A,

$U_{A} = \dfrac{1}{2}~C_{A}~V^{2}$

Energy stored by capacitor B,

$U_{B} = \dfrac{1}{2}~C_{B}~V^{2}$

giving the relative energy stored by each capacitor to be

$\dfrac{U_{A}}{U_{B}} = \dfrac{C_{A}}{C_{B}} = 0.33$

Part(c):

The charge stored by capacitor A,

$Q_{A} = C_{A}~V$

The charge stored by capacitor B,

$Q_{B} = C_{B}~V$

giving the relative charge stored by each capacitor to be

$\dfrac{Q_{A}}{Q_{B}} = \dfrac{C_{A}}{C_{B}} = 0.33$

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