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Wittaler [7]
3 years ago
5

Over a period of more than 30 years, albert klein of california drove 2.5 × 106 km in one automobile. consider two charges, q1 =

2.0 c and q2 = 6.0 c, separated by klein's total driving distance. a third charge, q3 = 4.0 c, is placed on the line connect- ing q1 and q2. how far from q1 should q3 be placed for q3 to be in equilibrium
Physics
1 answer:
Semenov [28]3 years ago
6 0
For q3 to be in equilibrium the total force acting on it has to be zero.
Let's say that total distance traveled by car is L (this is just for the convenience).
We can set up a system of equations to find an answer. Let's say that from q1 to q3 the distance is r_1 and from q3 to q2 the distance is r_2, we know that this distance has to be equal to:
r_1+r_2=L km
The second equation is going to the total force acting on the charge q3:
F_{q3}=F_{q3q1}+F_{q3q2}=0\\ 0=k_c\frac{q_1q_3}{r_1^2}+k_c\frac{q_3q_2}{r^2}
k_c is the Coulomb's constant. Since left-hand side is zero we just divide whole equation with k_c to get rid of it:
0=\frac{q_1q_3}{r_1^2}+\frac{q_3q_2}{r^2}
Let's solve this for r_1^2:
0=\frac{8}{r_1^2}+\frac{24}{r^2}\\ \frac{1}{r_1^2}=-\frac{3}{r^2}\\ r_1^2=-\frac{r^2}{3};r_2=L-r_1\\ r_1^2=\frac{(L-r_1)^2}{3}\\ r_1^2=\frac{L^2-2Lr_1+r_1^2}{3}\\ 3r_1^2=L^2-2Lr_1+r_1^2\\ 2r_1^2+2Lr_1-L^2=0
Now we have a quadratic equation with following parameter:
a=2\\ b=2L\\ c=-L^2
We know that two solutions are:
r_{1,\:2}=\frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}\\ r_{1,\:2}=\frac{-2L\pm \sqrt{4L^2+8L^2}}{4}\\ r_{1,\:2}=\frac{-2L\pm \sqrt{12L^2}}{4}\\
We need a positive solution. When we plug in all the numbers we get:
r_1=0.915\cdot 10^6$km

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