Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 31 - Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current - Problems - Page 940: 79b

Answer

$0.152~~$ of a period must elapse.

Work Step by Step

If the energy stored in the electric field is 50.0% of the energy stored in the magnetic field, then the electric field stores $\frac{1}{3}$ of the total energy and the magnetic field stores $\frac{2}{3}$ of the total energy at that moment. In part (a), we found that the charge on the capacitor is $~~0.577~Q$ We can use an equation for the charge on the capacitor to find an expression for $t$: $q = Q~cos~\omega t = 0.577~Q$ $cos~\omega t = 0.577$ $\omega t = cos^{-1}~(0.577)$ $\omega t = 0.955~rad$ $t = \frac{0.955~rad}{\omega}$ We can express $t$ as a fraction of the period $T$: $\frac{t}{T} = \frac{0.955/\omega}{2\pi/\omega} = \frac{0.955}{2\pi} = 0.152$ $0.152~~$ of a period must elapse.
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