ASSIGNMENT ELECTROSTATIC – 4

1. Charges of +5 μC, +10μC and -10μC are placed in air at the corners A,B and C of an
equilateral triangle ABC, having each side equal to 5 cm. Determine the resultant force
on the charge at A. (180 N, at 600 with base)

2. Two equal positive charges, each of 2μC interact with a third positive charge
of 3μC situated as shown in Fig. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
force on the 3μC charge.

(3.4 x 10-3 N, along OX)

3. Two point charges of +16μC and −9μC are placed 8 cm apart in air. Determine
the position of the point at which the resultant electric field is zero.
(32 cm from 16 μC)
4. Four charge +q, +q, −q and −q are placed respectively at the corners A,B,C
and D of a square of side a, arranged in the given order. Calculate the
intensity of electric field at the center of the square.
( 4√2kq/a 2 )
5 Five point charges, each of value +q are placed on five vertices of a regular
hexagon of side L. What is the magnitude of the force on a point charge of
value -q placed at the centre of the hexagon?
(kq 2/L2)
6. In defining electric field due to a point charge, the test charge, the test charge
has to be vanishingly small. How this condition can be justified, when we know
that charge less than of electron or a proton is not possible.

7. Why do electric field lines never cross each other?

8. A positive point charge +q is kept in the vicinity of an uncharged conducting

plate. Sketch electric field line originating from the point on the surface of the
plate.
9. In the electric field shown in figure, the electric field lines on the left have twice
the separation as that between those on the right. If the magnitudes of the
fields at point A is 40NC−1, calculate the force experienced by a proton placed
at point A. Also find the magnitude of electric field at point B

( 6.4 x 10-18, 20 N/C)