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When a light beam reflects from a plane mirror , how do you measure the angle of incidence

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When a light beam reflects from a plane mirror, the angle of incidence is measured as the angle between the perpendicular to the surface of the mirror (normal line) and the incident ray (light beam) that hits the mirror.

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Answer:

a. 20m/s

b.50N

c. Turkey has a larger mass than the ball. Neglible final acceleration and therefore remains stationery.

Explanation:

a. Given the force as 50N, times as 0.2seconds and the weight of the ball as 0.5 kg, it's final velocity can be calculated as:

$F\bigtriangleup t=m\bigtriangleup v\\\\50N\times 0.2s=0.5kg\times \bigtriangleup v\\\\\bigtriangleup v=2(50N\times0.2)\\\\=20m/s$

Hence, the velocity of the ball after the kick is 20m/s

b.The force felt by the turkey:

#Applying Newton's 3rd Law of motion, opposite and equal reaction:

-The turkey felt a force of 50N but in the opposite direction to the same force felt by the ball.

c. Using the law of momentum conservation:

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-Momentum is not conserved due to these external forces.

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Three identical charges q form an equilateral triangle of side a with two charges on the x-axis and one on the positive y-axis.

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Answer:

$F_n = k*q*(\frac{2*(y + \frac{\sqrt{3}*a }{2}) }{((y+ \frac{\sqrt{3}*a }{2})^2 + (a/2)^2)^1.5 } +\frac{1}{y^2} )$

Explanation:

Given:

- Three identical charges q.

- Two charges on x - axis separated by distance a about origin

- One on y-axis

- All three charges are vertices

Find:

- Find an expression for the electric field at points on the y-axis above the uppermost charge.

- Show that the working reduces to point charge when y >> a.

Solution

- Take a variable distance y above the top most charge.

- Then compute the distance from charges on the axis to the variable distance y:

$r = \sqrt{(\frac{\sqrt{3}*a }{2} + y)^2 + (a/2)^2 }$

- Then compute the angle that Force makes with the y axis:

cos(Q) = sqrt(3)*a / 2*r

- The net force due to two charges on x-axis, the vertical components from these two charges are same and directed above:

F_1,2 = 2*F_x*cos(Q)

- The total net force would be:

F_net = F_1,2 + kq / y^2

- Hence,

$F_n = k*q*(\frac{2*(y + \frac{\sqrt{3}*a }{2}) }{((y+ \frac{\sqrt{3}*a }{2})^2 + (a/2)^2)^1.5 } +\frac{1}{y^2} )$

- Now for the limit y >>a:

$F_n = k*q*(\frac{2*y(1 + \frac{\sqrt{3}*a }{2*y}) }{y^3((1+ \frac{\sqrt{3}*a }{2*y})^2 + (a/y*2)^2)^1.5 }) +\frac{1}{y^2} )$

- Insert limit i.e a/y = 0

$F_n = k*q*(\frac{2}{y^2} +\frac{1}{y^2}) \\\\F_n = 3*k*q/y^2$

Hence the Electric Field is off a point charge of magnitude 3q.

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