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212 - Problem Sets Complete NEW
212 - Problem Sets Complete NEW
212 - Problem Sets Complete NEW
Fall 2016
Problem Set #1
NOTE: Show ALL work and ALL answers on a piece of separate loose leaf paper, not on these sheets.
1) Skid and Mitch are pushing on a sofa in opposite
directions with forces of 530 N and 370 N respectively.
The mass of the sofa is 48 kg. The sofa is initially at rest
before it accelerates. There is no friction acting on the
sofa. (a) Calculate the acceleration of the sofa. (b) What
velocity does the sofa have after it moves 2.5 m? (c) How
long does it take to travel 2.5 m?
Skid
Mitch
Sofa
Guitar
Skid
6)
vectors acting on a
mass at the origin.
Use the component
method we covered
in lecture to find
the
magnitude
and
direction of the resultant force acting on
the mass.
F2 = 90 N
35
y
F1 = 40 N
45
F3 = 60 N
F2 = 65 N
50
y
60
F1 = 45 N
70
F3 = 85 N
ANSWERS:
1) a) 3.33 m/s2
b) 4.08 m/s
c) 1.23 s
2) 48.0 N, 61.0 N of W
3) 27.4 N, 16.1 S of E
4)
5)
6)
7)
4.52 m/s
103.3 m
78.8 N
1.78N
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Problem Set #2
1)
+ 5q
1q
Neutral
Mitch
Skid
+
3 cm
Qa
Qb
Infinite
Black Pit
2)
4)
6)
7)
4 C
12 C
+
8 cm
The two charges above are fixed and cannot move. Find
the location in between the charges that you could put a
proton so that the proton would have a net force of zero.
9)
2 cm
10) For the same charge distribution of problem #9, find the
magnitude and direction of the net force on the upper
right charge.
14)
11)
4q
+4q
+9q
12 cm
+3q
+8q
+3q
+6q
1q
4q
20
ANSWERS:
1) a) +1.5q
b) +4q
c) +4q
2) a) FE, Skid = 32.4 N
b) aSkid = 0.81 m/s2
3) a) 2.19 x 106 m/s
b) 5.27 x 1011 m
4) FE = 133.2 N,
5) FE = 24.3 N,
6) a) 945 N/m
b) 4.2 x 105 C
7) 2.93 cm
8) 0.648 N, 17.2
9) 4.06 N, 45
10) 6.66 N, 64.5
11) 19.69 N, 80.1
12) 18.5 N, 23.4
13) 1.67 x 108 C
14) 10.56 kg
15) a) 9
b) 2
c) 1.05 C
16) a) 1/2 b) 3/4
c) 3.63 N
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Problem Set #3
1) A charge of 1.5 C is placed on the x axis at
x = +0.55 m, while a charge of +3.5 C is placed at
the origin. (a) Calculate the magnitude and direction of
the net electric field on the x-axis at x = +0.8 m.
(b) Determine the magnitude and direction of the force
that would act on a charge of 7.0 C if it was placed on
the x axis at x = +0.8 m.
7)
8q
+6q
+
35 cm
+6q
q1
+9q
20 cm
q3
+9q
5q
+2q
4q
q2
9)
vo
vo
20
4 C
12 C
+
6 cm
The two charges above are fixed and cannot move. Find a
point in space where the total electric field will equal
zero.
12)
4 C
12 C
+
6 cm
The two charges above are fixed and cannot move. Find a
point in space where the total electric potential will equal
zero.
13)
8q
+6q
+9q
5q
+2q
+9q
+6q
4q
ANSWERS:
1) a) 1.67 x 105 N/C,
WEST
b) 1.17 N, EAST
2) a) 7.97 x 105 N/C,
EAST
b) 5.6 N, WEST
3) 516 N/C, 61.3
4) 717 N/C, 69.8
5) a) 153.1 N/C,
SOUTH
b) 19.6 m/s2
c) 3.13 m/s
6) a) 6.71 x 1010 m/s2
b) 2.68 x 105 s
c) 24.1 m
d) 2.71 x 1015 J
7) 1.23 x 106 N/C, 80.5
8) 3.06 x 105 N/C, 48.4
9) a) 6.89 cm
b) 1.31 cm
10) 6.49 x 106 C,
NEGATIVE
11) 8.2 cm left of 4
12) 1.5 cm right of 4
13) a) 2.06 x 104 V
b) 3.29 x 1015 J
c) 1.26 x 104 V
d) 1.55 x 106 m/s
14) 4.77 x 105 V
15) 7.87 x 104 V
16) a) 2.92 x 10-17 J
b) 182.2 V
c) 3644 N/C
17) a) 2.48 x 106 C
b) 1.42 m
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Problem Set #4
1) You have a parallel plate capacitor of plate separation
0.1 mm that is filled with a dielectric of neoprene rubber.
The area of each plate is 1.8 cm2. (a) Calculate the
capacitance of the capacitor. The capacitor is charged by
taking electrons from one plate and depositing them on
the other plate. You repeat this process until the potential
difference between the plates is 350 V. (b) How many
electrons have been transferred in order to accomplish
this?
A
4 F
12 F
20 F
36 F
6 F
8 F
16 F
30 F
18 F
20 F
B
75 F
12 F
6 F
22 F
50 F
30 F
4 F
6 F
20 F
12)
13)
12 F
ANSWERS:
1) a) 1.067 x 1010 F
b) 2.34 x 1011 e
2) a) 2.95 x 104 F
b) 5.05 x 104 J/m3
3) a) 2 x 104 V/m
b) 6.55 x 103 J/m3
4) a) 2.8 x 103 J
b) 0.467 W
5) a) 3
b) 1/4
c) 2.11 mm
6) a) 1/4
b) 1/4
c) 1/16 d) 1
e) 1/2
7) 4 x 103 J
8) 2.14 x 105 C,
5.36 x 105 C
9) a) 171.5 J
b) 2.17 x 104 J/m3
10) a) 4.52
b) 6.48 x 1014 J
c) 1.15 x 1020 J
NEGATIVE
11) a) 4 F b) 40 C
12) a) 9 F b) 90 C
13) a) 10 F b) 100 C
14) Variety of solutions
15) b) 8 F
16) b) 35 F
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Problem Set #5
1) You have a piece of electrical steel wire that is 24 m long.
You attach this wire to the terminals of a AA battery
which supplies 1.5 V. The wire releases 270 J of heat in
5 minutes. (a) How many electrons pass through any
point in the wire in 10 minutes? (b) Calculate the radius
of the cable.
2)
Wire #1
Wire #2
10
30
10)
16
A
8
54
R1
14
27
B
18
Given:
R1 = 15
R2 = 42
R3 = 27
R4 = 54
36 V
R3
R4
R2
60
30
R1
96
Given:
R1 = 25
R2 = 14
R3 = 12
R4 = 35
18
32
48 V
R3
R2
R4
30
12
7
20
50
30
45
60
Determine the equivalent resistance between points A
and B for the resistors shown in the circuit above.
13) Design a circuit that has an equivalent resistance of
1.00 using at least one of each of the following
resistors: a 1 , a 2 , and a 6 . [You must also show
where your A and B terminals are located.]
14) Three resistors are connected in series. Their values are
5 , 10 , and 20 . The capacitors are connected to a
battery of 70 V. (a) Draw a circuit diagram. (b) Find
the equivalent resistance of the circuit you drew.
(c) Analyze the circuit by filling out a VIR chart.
Given:
R1 = 12
R2 = 3
R3 = 8
R4 = 36
R5 = 12
R6 = 15
R1
R2
28 V
R5
R4
R3
R6
ANSWERS:
NOTE: Some of these answers are minimal since there are
checks that you can do to verify your answers.
1) a) 2.25 x 1021 e
b) 1.45 mm
2) a) 0.444 A
b) 2.96 mm
3) a) 1.13 x 1014 p+/m3
b) 5.63 x 1017 p+
4) 95.0 V
5) a) 0.033 m
b) 302 J
6) a) 94.1C, b) 144 W
7) a) 13.4 , b) 10.6 A
c) 2.31 x 105 m2
8) 0.245 mm/s
9) 103 C
10) 4
11) 14
12) 22
14) b) REQ = 35
15) b) REQ = 8
16) REQ = 12
17) REQ = 24
18) REQ = 2
19) REQ = 11.55
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Problem Set #6
6) The battery in this problem has an internal resistance of
0.15 . (a) Analyze the following circuit using a VIR
chart. (b) Is this circuit well designed? Discuss, explain.
Given:
R1 = 28
R2 = 6
R3 = 84
R4 = 7
R5 = 54
R2
R1
R3
R5
50 V
R2
R1
Given:
VB = 60 V
V2 = 50 V
VB
I1 = 2 A
I4 = 3 A
R3 = 8
I2 = 0.4 A
I4 = 0.5 A
R1 = 36
R3 = 60
R4 = 36
R6 = 32
R2
R3
R1
R4
R5
VB
I1 = 4 A
R3 = 12
R4 = 8
R1
VB
R2
R3
R4
R2
R5
R4
R7
R6
Given:
VB = 63 V
R1 = 8
R2 = 20
R3 = 35
R4 = 49
Given:
VB = 75 V
R1 = 16
R2 = 40
R3 = 48
R4 = 24
R5 = 8
R6 = 24
R6
Given:
VB = 32 V
V2 = 16 V
R3
R4
R3
Given:
V5 = 32 V
R1
Given:
R1 = 18
R2 = 32
R3 = 15
55 V
R4 = 21
R5 = 42
R6 = 30
R7 = 52
R4
Given:
VB = 50 V
R1 = 9
R2 = 4
R3 = 18
R4 = 4
R5 = 7
R6 = 12
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
11
17 V
13
23 V
B
11) Calculate the unknown currents I1, I2, and I3 for the
circuit below.
I1
15) Given the circuit below, do the following. (a) Find all
voltages and currents for the resistors at the instant the
switch is closed. (b) After the switch has been closed a
long time, find all voltages and currents for the resistors.
10 V
I2
6
I3
I1
8V
R3
16)
Given:
I2
VB = 36 V
R1
I3
13) Calculate the unknown currents I1, I2, and I3 for the
circuit below.
I1
VB
C2
20 V
25 V
R3
I3
I2
C1
R4
12
3
R2
10 V
C2
R1 = 10
R2 = 4
R3 = 40
R4 = 4
R4
C1
12) Calculate the unknown currents I1, I2, and I3 for the
circuit below.
22 V
VB
R1 = 60
R2 = 45
R3 = 90
R4 = 15
R2
VB = 50 V
25 V
10
R1
Given:
17) Given the circuit below, do the following. (a) Find all
voltages and currents for the resistors at the instant the
switch is closed. (b) After the switch has been closed a
long time, find all voltages and currents for the resistors.
VB
24 V
R2
C1
R1
R1
R2
R3
C
Given:
VB = 35 V
R1 = 30
R2 = 15
R3 = 5
R4 = 8
R5 = 12
C2
R4
R5
ANSWERS:
NOTE: These answers are minimal since there are checks
that you can do to verify your answers.
1) REQ = 25
2) REQ = 12
3) REQ = 40
4) a) 0.923
5) REQ = 8
6) REQ = 12.15
7) REQ = 21
8) REQ = 25
9) REQ = 20
10) a) 0.167 A
b) B
14) a)
b)
c)
15) a)
b)
16) a)
b)
17) a)
b)
REQ = 4 M
REQ = 6 M
25 s
REQ = 20
REQ = 36
REQ = 12
REQ = 18
REQ = 14
REQ = 20
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Problem Set #7
1) Using the drawings below: (a) Find the direction of the force on a
proton moving through the magnetic field. (b) Repeat with an
electron.
v
v
B
v
B
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Velocity Selector
Electric
Field
B
1) a)
b)
c)
d)
ANSWERS:
P-West, E-East
2) a) 1.08 x 107 m/s
P-Into, E-Out of
b) 7.6 x 10-12 N
P-Out of, E-Into
c) 1.02 x 10-1 m
P-North, E-South 3) 0.245 A, North
4) 0.023 Nm
5) a) 4.3 x 10-5 T
b) 5.3 x 10-5 T
6) 1.49 x 10-4 m
7) a) 2.8 x 10-6 T
b) 0.89 mA
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Problem Set #8
1) A uniform magnetic field of magnitude 0.078 T passes through a
circular area of radius 0.1 m. The magnetic field lines are oriented
at an angle of 25 with respect to a line that is normal to the
circular area. Calculate the flux through the surface.
ANSWERS:
1) 2.2 mWb
2) 65 mV
3) 2.8 mV
4) 84 mV
5) a) CW b) CW
6)
7)
8)
9)
a) East b) No I c) West
0.11 T
5.55 x 10-4 J
a) 1600 turns
b) 30 A
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Problem Set #9
1) An RMS voltage of 100 V is applied to a purely resistive load of
5.0 . Find (a) the MAX voltage applied, (b) the RMS current
supplied, and (c) the MAX current supplied.
2) A 7.5 F capacitor is attached to an AC source. It has a reactance
of 168 . What is the frequency of the AC source?
3) An inductor has a reactance of 480 when attached to an AC
source of frequency 1350 Hz. What is the reactance when the
frequency is 450 Hz?
4) An AC source, a 275 resistor, an inductor of inductive reactance
648 , and a capacitor of capacitive reactance 415 are arranged
to form a series RLC circuit. The current in the circuit is 0.233 A.
Calculate the voltage of the AC source.
5) An AC source produces a current of 0.04 A at a frequency of
4.8 kHz when attached to a 232 resistor and a 0.25 F
capacitor that are connected in series. Calculate (a) the voltage of
the AC source and (b) the phase angle between the current and
the voltage across the resistor/capacitor combination.
ANSWERS:
1) a) 141 V
b) 20 A
c) 28.3 A
2) 126 Hz
3) 160
4) 83.9 V
5) a) 10.7 V
b) -29.8
6) a) 0.925 A
b) 31.8
7) a) 352 Hz
b) 15.5 A
8) 2.8 m
9) 2.21 x 10-11 s
Physics 212
Fall 2016
Mirror #2
65
120
Mirror #1
2) Mitch and Skid are out hunting sharks in their boat. While
drunk, Skid drops Mitchs lucky guitar pick into the water. They
use the spotlight to try to locate the pick before Mitch forces
Skid into the shark infested waters to retrieve it. See diagram.
Determine the distance, d, which is the distance from the edge of
the boat to the location of the guitar pick.
spotlight
2.5 m
8.0 m
pick
4.0 m
Bruce
ANSWERS:
1) 55
2) 12.1 m
3) 2.5 m
4) b) 90 cm, -2
5) b) -7.5 cm, 0.25
6) b) -40 cm, 2
7) b) -12 cm, 0.4
8) Right: 0.2 diopters, Left: 0.15 diopters
9) 1 m
10) 10 cm
11) -5.6 cm
Physics 212
Fall 2016
ANSWERS:
1) 1.52
2) a) 0.55 W/m2
b) 0.037 W/m2
3) a) Constructive
4) a) 0.68
b) 1.4
c) 2.0
5) 1.49 x 10-4 m
6) 0.0309 m
7) 3.8 x 10-4 m
8) 0.0390 m
9) 1660 lines/cm
Physics 212
Fall 2016
ANSWERS:
1) 5
2) a) 7458 nm
b) 2279 nm
3) 1.98 x 10-19 J
4) 54.4 eV
5) 545 nm
9) 7.77 x 10-13 J
6) 6.3 eV
10) 1.06 X 10-34 m
7) 1.26 eV
11) 545 eV
8) a) 1.6 x 10-19 J
b) 545 nm - 750 nm
Physics 212
Fall 2016
ANSWERS:
1) 0.8c
2) 3.21 m
3) a) 1.38 years
b) 1.31 light-years
4) c) 0.31c
5) 5.0 x 10-13 J
6) a) 939 MeV
b) 3.0 GeV
c) 2.06 GeV
7) 0.968c
8) 0.31c
9) 0.94c
10) 0.54c