Tutorial 1.

1. A metal sphere has a charge of 8.0 mC. What is the net charge after 6.0×1013 electrons
have been placed on it?

2. Four identical metallic objects carry the following charges: 1.6, 6.2, -4.8, and -9.4 µC.
The objects are brought simultaneously into contact, so that each touches the others.
Then they are separated. (a) What is the final charge on each object? (b) How many
electrons (or protons) make up the final charge on each object?

3. Four identical metal spheres have charges of qA = -8.0 mC, qB = -2.0 mC, qC = 5.0 mC,
and qD = 12.0 mC. (a) Two of the spheres are brought together so they touch, and
then they are separated. Which spheres are they, if the final charge on each one is 5.0
mC? (b) In a similar manner, which three spheres are brought together and then
separated, if the final charge on each of the three is 3.0 mC? (c) The final charge on
each of the three separated spheres in part (b) is 3.0 mC. How many electrons would
have to be added to one of these spheres to make it electrically neutral?

4. Water has a mass per mole of 18.0 g/mol, and each water molecule (H2O) has 10
electrons. (a) How many electrons are there in one liter (1.00×10-3 m3) of water? (b)
What is the net charge of all these electrons?

5. When point charges q1 = 8.4 mC and q2 = 5.6 mC are brought near each other, each
experiences a repulsive force of magnitude 0.66 N. Determine the distance between the
charges.

6. Two very small spheres are initially neutral and separated by a distance of 0.50 m.
Suppose that 3.0×1013 electrons are removed from one sphere and placed on the
other. (a) What is the magnitude of the electrostatic force that acts on each
sphere? (b) Is the force attractive or repulsive? Why?

7. Two point charges are fixed on the y axis: a negative point charge q1 = -25 mC at y1 =
0.22 m and a positive point charge q2 at y2 =0.34 m. A third point charge q = 8.4 mC is
fixed at the origin. The net electrostatic force exerted on the charge q by the other two
charges has a magnitude of 27 N and points in the 1y direction. Determine the
magnitude of q2.
8. A charge of 3.00 mC is fixed at the center of a compass. Two additional charges are
fixed on the circle of the compass, which has a radius of 0.100 m. The charges on the
circle are 4.00 mC at the position due north and 5.00 mC at the position due east.
What are the magnitudes and direction of the net electrostatic force acting on the
charge at the center? Specify the direction relative to due east.

9. A circular surface with a radius of 0.057 m is exposed to a uniform external electric

field of magnitude 1.44×104 N/C. The electric flux through the surface is 78 N.m2/C.
What is the angle between the direction of the electric field and the normal to the
surface?

10. A vertical wall (5.9 m × 2.5 m) in a house faces due east. A uniform electric field has
a magnitude of 150 N/C. This field is parallel to the ground and points 35° north of
east. What is the electric flux through the wall?

11. A charge Q is located inside a rectangular box. The electric flux through each of the six
surfaces of the box is: F1 = 1500 N.m2/C, F2 = 2200 N.m2/C, F3 =4600 N.m2/C, F4 = -
1800 N.m2/C, F5= -3500 N.m2/C, and F6 = -5400 N.m2/C. What is Q?

12. Two charges A and B are fixed in place, at different distances from a certain spot. At
this spot the potentials due to the two charges are equal. Charge A is 0.18 m from the
spot, while charge B is 0.43 m from it. Find the ratio qB/qA of the charges.

13. Two identical point charges are fixed to diagonally opposite corners of a square that is
0.500 m on a side. Each charge is 3.0×10-6 C. How much work is done by the electric
force as one of the charges moves to an empty corner?
14. The drawing shows four point charges. The value of q is 2.0 µC, and the distance d is
0.96 m. Find the total potential at the location P. Assume that the potential of a point
charge is zero at infinity.

15. Four identical charges (2.0 µC each) are brought from infinity and fixed to a straight
line. The charges are located 0.40 m apart. Determine the electric potential energy of
this group.