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tamaranim1 [39]
3 years ago
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A small segment of wire contains 10 nC of charge. The segment is shrunk to one-third of its original length. A proton is very fa

r from the wire. What is the ratio Ff/Fi of the electric force on the proton after the segment is shrunk to the force before the segment was shrunk?
Physics
1 answer:
Alik [6]3 years ago
7 0

To solve this problem we will apply the concepts related to the electric field, linear charge density and electrostatic force.

The electric field is

E = \frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0 r}

Here,

\lambda= Linear charge density

\epsilon_0 = Permittivity of free space

r = Distance

The linear charge density can be written as,

Linear charge density is given as

\lambda = \frac{q}{L}

Replacing,

E = \frac{\frac{q}{L}}{2\pi \epsilon_0 r}

E = \frac{q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 rL}

The initial and final electric Force can be written as function of the charge and the electric field as

F_i = E_i q

F_f = E_f q

If we replace the value for the electric field we have,

F_i = (\frac{q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 rL})q = (\frac{q^2}{2\pi \epsilon_0 rL})

Length is one third at the end, then

F_f = (\frac{q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 r(L/3)})q = (\frac{3q^2}{2\pi \epsilon_0 rL})

The ratio of the force is

\frac{F_f}{F_i} = \frac{(\frac{3q^2}{2\pi \epsilon_0 rL})}{(\frac{q^2}{2\pi \epsilon_0 rL})}

\frac{F_f}{F_i} = 3

Therefore the required ratio is 3

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