Answer:
Electric Current
Explanation:
An electric current is defined as the flow of electrons through the wire and the components in a circuit.
This flow of electrons is caused by the presence of a battery, which creates a potential difference in the circuit. As a result of this potential difference, the electrons in the wire flow from the negative pole of the battery towards the positive pole (passing through the wire and the components of the circuit).
(a) Differentiate the position vector to get the velocity vector:
<em>r</em><em>(t)</em> = (3.00 m/s) <em>t</em> <em>i</em> - (4.00 m/s²) <em>t</em>² <em>j</em> + (2.00 m) <em>k</em>
<em>v</em><em>(t)</em> = d<em>r</em>/d<em>t</em> = (3.00 m/s) <em>i</em> - (8.00 m/s²) <em>t</em> <em>j</em>
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(b) The velocity at <em>t</em> = 2.00 s is
<em>v</em> (2.00 s) = (3.00 m/s) <em>i</em> - (16.0 m/s) <em>j</em>
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(c) Compute the electron's position at <em>t</em> = 2.00 s:
<em>r</em> (2.00 s) = (6.00 m) <em>i</em> - (16.0 m) <em>j</em> + (2.00 m) <em>k</em>
The electron's distance from the origin at <em>t</em> = 2.00 is the magnitude of this vector:
||<em>r</em> (2.00 s)|| = √((6.00 m)² + (-16.0 m)² + (2.00 m)²) = 2 √74 m ≈ 17.2 m
(d) In the <em>x</em>-<em>y</em> plane, the velocity vector at <em>t</em> = 2.00 s makes an angle <em>θ</em> with the positive <em>x</em>-axis such that
tan(<em>θ</em>) = (-16.0 m/s) / (3.00 m/s) ==> <em>θ</em> ≈ -79.4º
or an angle of about 360º + <em>θ</em> ≈ 281º in the counter-clockwise direction.
