Question

A charge of 32.0 nC is placed in a uniform electric field that is directed vertically upward and has a magnitude of 4.30x 104 V/m
Part A What work is done by the electric force when the charge moves a distance of 0.480 m to the right?

Part B What work is done by the electric force when the charge moves a distance of 0.660 m upward?

Part C What work is done by the electric force when the charge moves a distance of 2.50 m at an angle of 45.0° downward from the horizontal?

Answer 1

A) The work done by the electric field is zero

B) The work done by the electric field is $9.1\cdot 10^{-4} J$

C) The work done by the electric field is $-2.4\cdot 10^{-3} J$

Explanation:

A)

The electric field applies a force on the charged particle: the direction of the force is the same as that of the electric field (for a positive charge).

The work done by a force is given by the equation

$W=Fd cos \theta$

where

F is the magnitude of the force

d is the displacement of the particle

$\theta$ is the angle between the direction of the force and the direction of the displacement

In this problem, we have:

• The force is directed vertically upward (because the field is directed vertically upward)
• The charge moves to the right, so its displacement is to the right

This means that force and displacement are perpendicular to each other, so

$\theta=90^{\circ}$

and $cos 90^{\circ}=0$: therefore, the work done on the charge by the electric field is zero.

B)

In this case, the charge move upward (same direction as the electric field), so

$\theta=0^{\circ}$

and

$cos 0^{\circ}=1$

Therefore, the work done by the electric force is

$W=Fd$

and we have:

$F=qE$ is the magnitude of the electric force. Since

$E=4.30\cdot 10^4 V/m$ is the magnitude of the electric field

$q=32.0 nC = 32.0\cdot 10^{-9}C$ is the charge

The electric force is

$F=(32.0\cdot 10^{-9})(4.30\cdot 10^4)=1.38\cdot 10^{-3} N$

The displacement of the particle is

d = 0.660 m

Therefore, the work done is

$W=Fd=(1.38\cdot 10^{-3})(0.660)=9.1\cdot 10^{-4} J$

C)

In this case, the angle between the direction of the field (upward) and the displacement (45.0° downward from the horizontal) is

$\theta=90^{\circ}+45^{\circ}=135^{\circ}$

Moreover, we have:

$F=1.38\cdot 10^{-3} N$ (electric force calculated in part b)

While the displacement of the charge is

d = 2.50 m

Therefore, we can now calculate the work done by the electric force:

$W=Fdcos \theta = (1.38\cdot 10^{-3})(2.50)(cos 135.0^{\circ})=-2.4\cdot 10^{-3} J$

And the work is negative because the electric force is opposite direction to the displacement of the charge.

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