MANILA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

EDSA, Caloocan City

Basic Education Department
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PETA 01 ELECTRIC FORCE AND FIELD SUPERPOSITION

Subject General Physics 2 Sections All STEM Grade 12

I. Performance Standard:

Calculate the electric force between charges using Coulomb’s Law

Calculate the net electric force on a point charge exerted by a system of point charges
Calculate the electric field due to a system of point charges using Coulomb’s law and the superposition
principle

II. Description:

The learners illustrate the electric force exerting on each point charges and the electric field induces
on a point in space.
The learners calculate the magnitude and direction of net electric force exerting to one focused charge
and the net electric field acting on a point in space.

III. Given:

This task will be completed by pair. Given the three (3) problems related to the superposition of
electric force and electric field, student will answer each problem with accordance to the rubric of
solving problem. The rating of each criterion will vary according to the maximum points of each
problem.
IV. Requirement:

The problem set is given below:

PROBLEM 1: (10 pts)
The electron and proton of a hydrogen atom are separated (on the average) by a distance of about
5.3𝑥10−11 𝑚. Find the magnitudes of the electric force and the gravitational force that each particle exerts
on the other, and the ratio of the electric force ⃗⃗⃗
𝐹𝑒 to the gravitational force ⃗⃗⃗
𝐹𝑔 . Box your final answer/s.
GIVEN: REQUIRE/S:

EQUATION/S:

ILLUSTRATION AND SOLUTIONS:

PROBLEM 2: (15 pts)
Consider three-point charges at the corners of a triangle, where 𝑞𝐴 = 7.0𝑥10−9 𝐶, 𝑞𝐵 = −3.0𝑥10−9 𝐶, and
𝑞𝐶 = 6.0𝑥10−9 𝐶.
(a) Find the components of the force ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐹𝐵𝐶 exerted by 𝑞𝐵 on 𝑞𝐶 .
(b) Find the components of the force ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐹𝐴𝐶 exerted by 𝑞𝐴 on 𝑞𝐶 .
(c) Find the resultant force on 𝑞𝐶 in terms of magnitude and direction (angle and direction).
Box the final answer/s.
GIVEN: REQUIRE/S:

EQUATION/S:

ILLUSTRATION AND SOLUTIONS:

PROBLEM 3: (15 pts)
Charge 𝑞1 = 8.0𝑥10−6 𝐶 is at the origin, and charge 𝑞2 = −6.0𝑥10−6 𝐶 is on the x - axis, 0.300𝑚 from the
origin (Fig. 15.12).
(a) Find the components of the electric field ⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐸1 induced by 𝑞1 on point P.
(b) Find the components of the electric field ⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐸2 induced by 𝑞2 on point P.
(a) Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field at point P, which has coordinates (0, 0.400) m.
Box the final answer/s.
GIVEN: REQUIRE/S:

EQUATION/S:

ILLUSTRATION AND SOLUTIONS:

PROBLEM 4: (10 pts)

DRAW THE ELECETRIC FIELD LINE PATTERNS WHEN THESE PAIR OF CHARGES ARE INTERACTING
(A) ELECTRIC DIPOLE (3PTS)

+Q -Q

(B) TWO EQUAL CHARGES (3PTS)

+Q +Q

(C) UNEQUAL AND UNLIKE CHARGES (4PTS)

+2Q -Q