Problems of Chapter 4

1) Measurements show that a honeybee in active flight can acquire an electrostatic charge as
great as 93.0 pC. (a) How many electrons must be transferred to produce this charge? (b)
Suppose two bees, each with charge a charge 93.0 pC, are separated by a distance of 1.2 cm.
Treating the bees as point charges, find the magnitude of the electrostatic force experienced
by the bees, knowing that electron charge e = 1.6 ×10-19 C, and k = 8.99 × 109 N.m2/C2.
[Answer: a) 5.8 ×108 electrons, b) F = 5.8 ×10-7 N]

2) In a certain region of space, a uniform electric field has a magnitude of 4.6×104 N/C and
points in the positive x direction. Find the magnitude and direction of the force this field
exerts on a charge of (a) +2.8 µC and (b) -9.3 µC.
[Answer: a) F = 0.129 N, b) F = - 0.428 N]

3) Find the electric field produced by a 1.0 µC point charge at a distance of (a) 0.75 m and (b)
1.5 m. Knowing that k = 8.99 × 109 N.m2/C2
[Answer: a) E = 1.6×104 N/C b) E = 0.4×104 N/C]

4) A uniform electric field of magnitude 25000 N/C makes an angle of 27° with a plane surface
of area 0.0133 m2. What is the electric flux through this surface?
[Answer: Φ = 150.95 N.m2/C]

5) A uniform electric field of magnitude 25000 N/C makes an angle of 27° with the normal to a
plane surface of area 0.0133 m2. What is the electric flux through this surface?
[Answer: Φ = 296.26 N.m2/C]

6) A surface encloses the charges q1 = 3.2 µC, q2 = 6.9 µC, and q3 = ˗ 4.1µC. Find the electric
flux and its direction through this surface. Knowing that ε 0 = 8.85 × 10 −12 C 2 / N . m 2
[Answer: Φ = 6.7×105 N.m2/C]

7) A uniform electric field is established by connecting the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor to

a 12-V battery. (a) If the plates are separated by 0.75 cm, what is the magnitude of the electric
field in the capacitor? (b) A charge of +6.24 ×10-6 C moves from the positive plate to the
negative plate. Find the change in electric potential energy (Work) for this charge.

[Answer: E = 1600 V/m, W = 7.5×10-5 J ]

8) A capacitor of 0.75 μF is charged to a voltage of 16 V. What is the magnitude of the charge on
each plate of the capacitor?
[Answer: Q = 1.2×10-5 C ]

9) A parallel-plate capacitor is constructed with plates of area 0.0280 m2 and separation

0.550 mm. The space between the plates is filled with a dielectric with dielectric constant k =
6.7. When the capacitor is connected to a 12.0 V battery, Calculate the charge and energy
stored on the capacitor.

[Answer: Q = 3.62×10-8 C, U = 2.17× 10-7 J ]

10) An ac generator with a frequency of 60 Hz and a voltage of 120 V is connected in series

with a 175 Ω resistor, a 90 mH inductor, and a 15 μF capacitor. Calculate the current I
flowing in the circuit and the phase angle, Ф.

[Answer: I = 0.53 A, Ф = ˗ 39.3°]