Understanding Electrostatics

Practice Questions

AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism › Understanding Electrostatics

Questions
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1

Consider a spherical capacitor made of two nested spheres. The smaller sphere has a radius of and a charge of , and lies within a larger sphere with radius and a charge of .

Which of the following equations accurately describes the capacitance of this spherical capacitor?

2

A hollow metal sphere with a diameter of 10cm has a net charge of distributed uniformly across its surface. What is the magnitude of the field a distance 2.0m from the center of the sphere?

3

Four particles, each of charge , make up the four corners of a square with equal side lengths of . For the charge in the top left corner of the square, in what direction is the net force that it experiences due to its interactions with the other three particles?

4

Two infinite parallel conducting sheets each have positive charge density . What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field to the right of the right sheet?

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