University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 22 - Gauss's Law - Problems - Exercises - Page 746: 22.20

Answer

(a) $E =53 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C} $ (b) $E =160 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C} $ (c) $E =480 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C} $

Work Step by Step

(a) The electric field $E$ is inversely proportional to the square distance $r^2$, so for two instants of the sphere we could get the electric field when $r$ = 0.2 cm by \begin{gather} \frac{E_{1}}{E_{2}}=\frac{r_{2}^{2}}{r_{1}^{2}} \\ E_{2}=E_{1}\left(\frac{r_{1}}{r_{2}}\right)^2\\ E_2 = (480 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C})\left(\frac{0.2 \mathrm{cm}}{0.6 \mathrm{cm}}\right)^{2}\\ E =53 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C} \end{gather} (b) For the cylindrical shape, the electric field $E$ is inversely proportional to the distance $r$, so for two instants of the cylinder we could get the electric field when $r$ = 0.2 cm by \begin{aligned} E_{2} &=E_{1}\left(\frac{r_{1}}{r_{2}}\right) \\ &=480 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C}\left(\frac{0.2 \mathrm{cm}}{0.6 \mathrm{cm}}\right) \\ &=160 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C} \end{aligned} (c) For the sheet, the electric field independent in the distance, so the electric field is the same for different distance $$E =480 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C} $$
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