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Chapter 24, Problem 34EAP
A spherically symmetric charge distribution produces the elec-
tric field
a. What is the electric field strength at r = 20 cm?
b. What is the electric flux through a 40-cm-diameter spherical
surface that is concentric with the charge distribution?
c. How much charge is inside this 40-cm-diameter spherical
surface?
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PHYS SCI&ENGNRS V2&S/WRKBK&MOD MSTG/ET
Ch. 24 - Suppose you have the uniformly charged cube in...Ch. 24 - FIGURE Q24.2 shows cross sections of...Ch. 24 - The square and circle in FIGURE Q24.3 are in the...Ch. 24 - Prob. 4CQCh. 24 - Prob. 5CQCh. 24 - What is the electric flux through each of the...Ch. 24 - Prob. 7CQCh. 24 - The two spheres in FIGURE Q24.8 on the next page...Ch. 24 - The sphere and ellipsoid in FIGURE Q24.9 surround...Ch. 24 - A small, metal sphere hangs by an insulating...
Ch. 24 - l. FIGURE EX24.1 shows two cross sections of two...Ch. 24 - FIGURE EX24.2 shows a cross section of two...Ch. 24 - FIGURE EX24.3 shows a cross section of two...Ch. 24 - The electric field is constant over each face of...Ch. 24 - The electric field is constant over each face of...Ch. 24 - The cube in FIGURE EX24.6 contains negative...Ch. 24 - The cube in FIGURE EX24.7 contains negative...Ch. 24 - The cube in FIGURE EX24.8 contains no net charge....Ch. 24 - What is the electric flux through the surface...Ch. 24 - What is the electric flux through the surface...Ch. 24 - II The electric flux through the surface shown in...Ch. 24 - ]12. A 2.0cm3.0cm rectangle lies in the xy-plane....Ch. 24 - A 2.0cm3.0cm rectangle lies in the xz-plane. What...Ch. 24 - Prob. 14EAPCh. 24 - 15. A box with its edges aligned with
the...Ch. 24 - What is the net electric flux through the two...Ch. 24 - FIGURE EX24.17 shows three charges. Draw these...Ch. 24 - Prob. 18EAPCh. 24 - FIGURE EX24.19 shows three Gaussian surfaces and...Ch. 24 - What is the net electric flux through the torus...Ch. 24 - What is the net electric flux through the cylinder...Ch. 24 - Prob. 22EAPCh. 24 - Prob. 23EAPCh. 24 - A spark occurs at the tip of a metal needle if the...Ch. 24 - The electric field strength just above one face of...Ch. 24 - The conducting box in FIGURE EX24.26 has been...Ch. 24 - FIGURE EX24.27 shows a hollow cavity within a...Ch. 24 - A thin, horizontal, 10-cm-diameter copper plate is...Ch. 24 - Prob. 29EAPCh. 24 - Prob. 30EAPCh. 24 - II A tetrahedron has an equilateral triangle base...Ch. 24 - Charges q1= —4Q and q2= +2Q are located at x = —a...Ch. 24 - Prob. 33EAPCh. 24 - A spherically symmetric charge distribution...Ch. 24 - A neutral conductor contains a hollow cavity in...Ch. 24 - Prob. 36EAPCh. 24 - 37. A 20-cm-radius ball is uniformly charged to 80...Ch. 24 - Prob. 38EAPCh. 24 - Prob. 39EAPCh. 24 - Prob. 40EAPCh. 24 - A hollow metal sphere has 6 cm and 10 cm inner and...Ch. 24 - Prob. 42EAPCh. 24 - Find the electric field inside and outside a...Ch. 24 - Prob. 44EAPCh. 24 - Prob. 45EAPCh. 24 - Prob. 46EAPCh. 24 - FIGURE P24.47 shows an infinitely wide conductor...Ch. 24 - FIGURE P24.48 shows two very large slabs of metal...Ch. 24 - Prob. 49EAPCh. 24 - A very long, uniformly charged cylinder has radius...Ch. 24 - Prob. 51EAPCh. 24 - Prob. 52EAPCh. 24 - II A long cylinder with radius b and volume charge...Ch. 24 - A spherical shell has inner radius Rin, and outer...Ch. 24 - Prob. 55EAPCh. 24 - Newton's law of gravity and Coulomb's law are both...Ch. 24 - Prob. 57EAPCh. 24 - An infinite cylinder of radius R has a linear...Ch. 24 - Prob. 59EAPCh. 24 - A sphere of radius R has total charge Q. The...Ch. 24 - II A spherical ball of charge has radius R and...
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