Understanding Electrostatics

Practice Questions

AP Physics B › Understanding Electrostatics

Questions
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How much work is done by the electric field moving an electron along an equipotential surface with a potential of ?

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Charges A and B are placed a distance of from one another. The charge of particle A is whereas the charge of particle B is . Charge B experiences an electrostatic force of from charge A. Similarly, charge A experiences an electrostatic force of from charge B.

A student places these two charges in a vacuum medium and measures . A second student places these two charges in a glass medium and measures . What is ratio of the force measured in the glass medium to the force measured in the vacuum?

The dielectric constant of glass is .

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