Components are the names of the horizontal and vertical parts of a vector.
Answer:
a) 0.15 μC b) 9.4*10¹¹ electrons.
Explanation:
As the total charge must be conserved, the total charge on the spheres, after being brought to contact each other, and then separated, must be equal to the total charge present in the spheres prior to be put in contact:
Q = +8.2μC +9.0 μC +(-7.8 μC) + (-8.8 μC) = +0.6 μC
As the spheres are assumed perfect conductors, as they are identical, once in contact each other, the excess charge spreads evenly on each sphere, so the final charge, on each of them, is just the fourth part of the total charge:
Qs = Qt/4 = 0.6 μC / 4 = 0.15 μC.
b) As the charge has a positive sign, this means that each sphere has a defect of electrons.
In order to know how many electrons are absent in each sphere, we can divide the total charge by the charge of one electron, which is the elementary charge e, as follows:
Answer:
≈ 6.68 m/s
Explanation:
A suitable formula is ...
vf^2 -vi^2 = 2ad
where vi and vf are the initial and final velocities, a is the acceleration, and d is the distance covered.
We note that if the initial launch direction is upward, the velocity of the ball when it comes back to its initial position is the same speed, but in the downward direction. Hence the problem is no different than if the ball were initially launched downward.
Then ...
vf = √(2ad +vi^2) = √(2·9.8 m/s^2·1.0 m+(5 m/s)^2) = √44.6 m/s
vf ≈ 6.68 m/s
The ball hits the ground with a speed of about 6.68 meters per second.
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We assume the launch direction is either up or down.