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3 years ago

What is the direction of the electric field at a point directly below a negative charge, Q?

Physics

2 answers:

Serhud [2]3 years ago

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The correct answer is 'up'.

aleksklad [387]3 years ago

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Answer:

Upward

Explanation:

The electric field produced by a single point charge (either positive or negative) is radial. The direction of the field lines is determined by the direction in which a small positive test charge immersed in the field will move. Therefore:

- The field lines point towards the charge for a negative charge (because the small positive test charge is attracted by that)

- The field lines point away from the charge for a positive charge (because the small positive test charge is repelled by that)

In this case, we have a negative charge Q: since the field lines are towards the charge, if we are at a point directly below the charge, the direction of the field is toward the charge, so upward.

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$M=5.98\cdot 10^{24} kg$ (mass of the Earth)

$R=6.37\cdot 10^6 m$ (Earth's radius)

$h=2.60\cdot 10^6 m$ (altitude of the satellite)

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$g=\frac{(6.67\cdot 10^{-11})(5.98\cdot 10^{24}}{(6.37\cdot 10^6 + 2.60\cdot 10^6)^2}=4.96 m/s^2$

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$v=\sqrt{\frac{GM}{R+h}}$

where we have again:

$M=5.98\cdot 10^{24} kg$ (mass of the Earth)

$R=6.37\cdot 10^6 m$ (Earth's radius)

$h=2.60\cdot 10^6 m$ (altitude of the satellite)

Substituting,

$v=\sqrt{\frac{(6.67\cdot 10^{-11})(5.98\cdot 10^{24}}{(6.37\cdot 10^6 + 2.60\cdot 10^6)}}=6668 m/s$

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