Electric field lines moves away from positive to wards negative?

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The vector force on the unit positive charge placed at any location in the field defines the strength of the electric field at that point. The charge used to determine field intensity (field strength) is known as the test charge. Now, a field line is defined as a line to which the previously mentioned field strength vectors are tangents at the relevant places. When we study positive charge field lines, the field strength vectors point away from the positive charge. If there is a negative charge anywhere in the vicinity, the field lines that began from the positive charge will all terminate at the negative charge if the value of the negative charge is the same as the value of the positive charge. Remember that the number of field lines originating from positive charge is proportional to the charge's value, and similarly, the number of field lines terminating at negative charge is proportionate to the charge's value. As a result, if all charges are equivalent, all lines originating from the positive charge terminate at the negative charge. If the value of the positive charge is greater than the value of the negative charge, the number of lines ending at the negative charge will be proportionally less than the number of lines beginning at the positive charge. The remaining lines that do not end at the negative charge will go to infinity. If the positive charge is less, all lines from it terminate at a negative charge, and any other reasonable number of ines terminate at a negative charge from infinity. We should also keep in mind that the number of lines that run perpendicular to the field direction across a surface of unit area is proportional to the field strength at that location. As a result, lines are dense in the strong field zone and sparse in the low intensity region.

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a) The work done is 920 J

b) The work done is 5200 J

Explanation:

In this first part of the problem, the crate is moved horizontally at constant speed.

The work required in this case is given by

$W=Fd cos \theta$

where

F is the magnitude of the force applied

d is the displacement of the crate

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

Here the crate is moved at constant speed: this means that the acceleration of the crate is zero, and so according to Newton's second law, the net force on the crate is zero: this means that the force applied, F, must be equal to the force of friction (but in opposite direction), so

F = 230 N

The displacement is

d = 4.0 m

And the angle is $\theta=0^{\circ}$ , since the force is applied horizontally. Therefore, the work done is

$W=(230)(4.0)(cos 0^{\circ})=920 J$

In this case, the crate is moved vertically. The force that must be applied to lift the crate must be equal to the weight of the crate (in order to move it a constant speed), therefore

F = W = 1300 N

The displacement this time is again

d = 4.0 m

And the angle is $\theta=0^{\circ}$ , since the force is applied vertically, and the crate is moved also vertically. Therefore, the work done on the crate this time is

$W=(1300)(4.0)(cos 0^{\circ})=5200 J$