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Romashka [77]
3 years ago
6

Three point charges are arranged on a line. Charge q3 = +5.00 nC and is at the origin. Charge q2 = -2.00 nC and is at x = 5.00 c

m . Charge q1 is at x = 2.50 cm .What is q1 (magnitude and sign) if the net force on q3 is zero?
Physics
1 answer:
tatuchka [14]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

q₁= +0.5nC

Explanation:

Theory of electrical forces

Because the particle q3 is close to three other electrically charged particles, it will experience two electrical forces and the solution of the problem is of a vector nature.

To solve this problem we apply Coulomb's law:

Two point charges (q1, q2) separated by a distance (d) exert a mutual force (F) whose magnitude is determined by the following formula:

o solve this problem we apply Coulomb's law:  

Two point charges (q₁, q₂) separated by a distance (d) exert a mutual force (F) whose magnitude is determined by the following formula:  

F=K*q₁*q₂/d² Formula (1)  

F: Electric force in Newtons (N)

K : Coulomb constant in N*m²/C²

q₁,q₂:Charges in Coulombs (C)  

d: distance between the charges in meters

Data:

Equivalences

1nC= 10⁻⁹ C

1cm= 10⁻² m

Data

q₃=+5.00 nC =+5* 10⁻⁹ C

q₂= -2.00 nC =-2* 10⁻⁹ C

d₂= 5.00 cm= 5*10⁻² m

d₁= 2.50 cm=  2.5*10⁻² m

k = 8.99*10⁹ N*m²/C²

Calculation of magnitude and sign of q1

Fn₃=0 : net force on q3 equals zero

F₂₃:The force F₂₃ that exerts q₂ on q₃ is attractive because the charges have opposite signs,in direction +x.

F₁₃:The force F₂₃ that exerts q₂ on q₃ must go in the -x direction so that Fn₃ is zero, therefore q₁ must be positive and F₂₃ is repulsive.

We propose the algebraic sum of the forces on q₃

F₂₃ - F₁₃=0

\frac{k*q_{2} *q_{3} }{d_{2}^{2}  } -\frac{k*q_{1} *q_{3} }{d_{1}^{2}  }=0

We eliminate k*q₃ of the equation

\frac{q_{1} }{d_{1}^{2}  } = \frac{q_{2} }{d_{2}^{2}  }

q_{1} =\frac{q_{2} *d_{1} ^{2} }{d_{2}^{2}  }

q_{1} =\frac{2*10^{-9}*2.5^{2}*10^{-4}   }{5^{2}*10^{-4}  }

q₁= +0.5*10⁻⁹ C

q₁= +0.5nC

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