A 200-kg object and a 500-kg object are separated by 4.00 m. (a) find the net gravitational force exerted by these objects on a
50.0-kg object placed midway between them. (b) at what position (other than an infinitely remote one) can the 50.0-kg object be placed so as to experience a net force of zero from the other two objects?
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Answer:
toward the center
Explanation:
Before answering, let's remind the first two Newton Laws:
1) An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object moving at constant velocity tends to continue its motion at constant velocity, unless acted upon a net force
2) An object acted upon a net force F experiences an acceleration a according to the equation
where m is the mass of the object.
In this problem, we have an object travelling at constant speed in a circular path. The fact that the trajectory of the object is circular means that the direction of motion of the object is constantly changing: this means that its velocity is changing, so it has an acceleration. And therefore, a net force is acting on it. The force that keeps the object travelling in the circular path is called centripetal force, and it is directed towards the center of the circle (because it prevents the object from continuing its motion straight away).
So, the correct answer is
toward the center
Answer:
Explanation:
<u>Charge of an Electron</u>
Since Robert Millikan determined the charge of a single electron is
Every possible charged particle must have a charge that is an exact multiple of that elemental charge. For example, if a particle has 5 electrons in excess, thus its charge is
Let's test the possible charges listed in the question:
. We have just found it's a possible charge of a particle
. Since 3.2 is an exact multiple of 1.6, this is also a possible charge of the oil droplets
this is not a possible charge for an oil droplet since it's smaller than the charge of the electron, the smallest unit of charge
cannot be a possible charge for an oil droplet because they are not exact multiples of 1.6
Finally, the charge is four times the charge of the electron, so it is a possible value for the charge of an oil droplet
Summarizing, the following are the possible values for the charge of an oil droplet: