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3 years ago

Briefly describe the formation of the planets from the solar nebula

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The formation of the Solar System began 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Most of the collapsing mass collected in the center, forming the Sun, while the rest flattened into a proto-planetary disk out of which the planets, moons, asteroids, and other small Solar System bodies formed.

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Explanation:

Data:

Mass (m) = 600 kg
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A uniformly charged ring of radius 10.0 cm has a total charge of 75.0 mC. Find the electric field on the axis of the ring at (a)

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Answer:

(a) 6650246.305 N/C

(b) 24150268.34 N/C

(c) 6408227.848 N/C

(d) 665024.6305 N/C

Explanation:

Given:

Radius of the ring (r) = 10.0 cm = 0.10 m [1 cm = 0.01 m]

Total charge of the ring (Q) = 75.0 μC = $75\times 10^{-6}\ \mu C$ [1 μC = 10⁻⁶ C]

Electric field on the axis of the ring of radius 'r' at a distance of 'x' from the center of the ring is given as:

$E_x=\dfrac{kQx}{(x^2+r^2)^\frac{3}{2}}$

Plug in the given values for each point and solve.

(a)

Given:

$Q=75\times 10^{-6}\ \mu C$ , $r=0.01\ m, a=1.00\ cm=0.01\ m,k=9\times 10^{9}\ Nm^2/C^2$

Electric field is given as:

$E_x=\dfrac{(9\times 10^{9})(75\times 10^{-6})(0.01)}{((0.01)^2+(0.1)^2)^\frac{3}{2}}\\\\E_x=\dfrac{6750}{1.015\times 10^{-3}}\\\\E_x=6650246. 305\ N/C$

(b)

Given:

$Q=75\times 10^{-6}\ \mu C$ , $r=0.01\ m, a=5.00\ cm=0.05\ m,k=9\times 10^{9}\ Nm^2/C^2$

Electric field is given as:

$E_x=\dfrac{(9\times 10^{9})(75\times 10^{-6})(0.05)}{((0.05)^2+(0.1)^2)^\frac{3}{2}}\\\\E_x=\dfrac{33750}{1.3975\times 10^{-3}}\\\\E_x=24150268.34\ N/C$

(c)

Given:

$Q=75\times 10^{-6}\ \mu C$ , $r=0.01\ m, a=30.0\ cm=0.30\ m,k=9\times 10^{9}\ Nm^2/C^2$

Electric field is given as:

$E_x=\dfrac{(9\times 10^{9})(75\times 10^{-6})(0.30)}{((0.30)^2+(0.1)^2)^\frac{3}{2}}\\\\E_x=\dfrac{202500}{0.0316}\\\\E_x=6408227.848\ N/C$

(d)

Given:

$Q=75\times 10^{-6}\ \mu C$ , $r=0.01\ m, a=100\ cm=1\ m,k=9\times 10^{9}\ Nm^2/C^2$

Electric field is given as:

$E_x=\dfrac{(9\times 10^{9})(75\times 10^{-6})(1)}{((1)^2+(0.1)^2)^\frac{3}{2}}\\\\E_x=\dfrac{675000}{1.015}\\\\E_x=665024.6305\ N/C$

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