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Al- Mustafa Schools- Department of Supervision Final Exam Grade: 11S Section A,B

Name: Physics Duration: 90 min

Exercise 1: (7 points)
Remark: parts A and B are independent.
A. 4 capacitors are connected as shown in the adjacent document
The voltage between A and B is UAB=24V.
Given:
C2
C1 C4 C1=3𝜇𝐹
A B
C3
C2=C3=1𝜇𝐹

C4=6𝜇𝐹
1. Calculate the equivalent capacitor between A and B.
2. Calculate the total charge carried by the equivalent capacitor.
3. Determine the charge of each capacitor.

B. An initially neutral capacitor C is connected in series to a generator (of C

negligible internal resistance and of e.m.f E=8V) and to a resistor of
resistance R=200Ω.
R
At t=0s, we close the switch K, the voltage across the capacitor increases, K
till it becomes UC=5V at t=1s.
1. Verify that 𝜏 = 1𝑠.
2. Determine the voltage across the resistor at t=1s. E
3. Determine the capacitance C of the capacitor.
4. Calculate the time tp at which the capacitor is considered practically charged.

Exercise 2: (6 points)
A ball of mass m=100g is released from a height h=10m. The ground is taken as a reference for gravitational
potential energy.
A. Friction is neglected:
1. Is the system (ball-earth) considered conservative? Explain.
2. Calculate the mechanical energy of the system when the ball is released.
3. Show that the speed of the ball upon reaching the ground is vg=14m/s.
B. Friction ( f ) is not neglected:
In fact the ball reaches the ground with a speed v=10m/s, due to existence of friction force f during its
motion.
1. Calculate the work of the weight acting on the ball during its downward motion and write the
expression of the work done by the force of friction in terms of f.
2. Apply the kinetic energy theorem to calculate the magnitude of the friction force f.
Exercise 3: (7 points)
A. A magnetized needle is free to rotate in a horizontal plane around its axis, is placed on a point O
considered the center of a solenoid. When the current in the solenoid is zero, the magnetic needle
remains in equilibrium on the axis of the coil as shown n the figure below, oriented along the horizontal
component Bh of the earth’s magnetic field.
Given: Bh=2 × 10−5 𝑇.

S N
O
I

1. If the solenoid is traversed by a current I=20mA and it has a number of turns N=300 turns, and its
length is L=30cm.
⃗ created by the solenoid at its center O.
Find the characteristics of the magnetic field 𝐵
⃗ 𝑟 on O.
2. Find the resulting magnetic field 𝐵

B. A long straight conducting wire parallel to the axis of the solenoid at a distance d=5cm from O is
traversed by a current I’=10A.
I’

5cm

S N
O

1. Determine the characteristics of the magnetic field 𝐵 ⃗ 𝑤 created by the wire on O.

2. Determine the total magnetic field 𝐵⃗ 𝑡 created on O.
3. Determine the new direction taken by the needle.