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Exam 1S15Phys 12203/5/15__________ nameEach problem is of equal value.You can skip three of the seven problems. You must work at least one of problem two and three, and one of problems four and five, and one of problems one and six.If you work more than the required problems, we will count the best four grades in agreement with the above rules.Tips for better exam grades: Read all problems right away and ask questions as early as possible.Make sure that you give at least a basic relevant equation or figure for each problem part.Make use of the entire exam time. Show your work for full credit. The answer ‘42’ only earns you any credit IF ‘42’ is the right answer. We reserve points for ‘steps in between’, figures, units, etc. No credit given for illegible handwriting or flawed logic in your reasoning.1. Lecture Video Discussion and Basic Lab KnowledgeRecall the lecture video on demonstrating the changing gap in plate capacitors.Describe the experimental setup that would demonstrate the physical effects of changing the gap. Hint: make sure to explain how the electroscope readings work.Explain how the capacitance, charge, and potential difference across the plates change when you double the gap.Name one likely systematic experimental error and one likely random error that might skew the results of such an experiment, assuming that great care was taken to set the experiment up properly. Explain how you would perform independent repetitions and explain what would happen to the statistical data, if you did not do a good job at making repetitions independent.2. ElectrostaticsA non-uniform, but spherically symmetric, distribution of charge has a charge density ?(r) given as follows:ρr= ρ0?1-4?r3?R for r ≤R andρr=0 for r>RWhere ?0 is a positive constant.a) Find the total charge contained in the charge distributionb) Explain your choice of Gaussian surface you are going to use for part c) and explain why and where the electric field is going to be uniform in that surface.c) Using Gauss’s Law, obtain expressions for the electric field in both regions.Hint: Show your steps for full credit.d) Draw the E(r) graph from r= 0 to r= 2R. If you cannot solve part c) you can still draw the graph qualitatively for partial credit.Hint: Include in your drawing qualitative expressions for the steepness of the curves in terms of Q, ?0, and R and include exact E values on the vertical axis. 3. Electrostatics Negative electric charge - 4Q is located on a conducting spherical shell of inner radius 4a and outer radius 6a. Concentric within the first shell is a second conducting shell that carries +6Q. Its inner radius is 1.5a and its outer radius is 2a.Draw E(r) between r=0 and r=8a.Draw V(r) between r =0 and r =8a.Hint: Divide the problem into appropriate regions of r. Draw the graphs quantitatively exact – this requires appropriate numbers on the axes. Label the functional dependence, which each curve follows.4. ElectrostaticsConsider the following arrangement of point charges:a) Determine the net field at P due to all four point charges. Show a vector diagram for the field vectors due to each charge at P.b) What is the potential energy required to bring these charges together? Take U= 0 at infinity.5. Electrostatics: Three point charges with charge -2q, +4q, and -2q are arranged along the x-axis as shown (see figure). Are there points of zero potential along the x-axis? Where are they? If there are none explain how you know this.6. CapacitorsConsider the capacitor network shown below.All capacitances are in micro-Farad.a) Derive the equations for series and for parallel networks of capacitors.b) What is the equivalent capacitance of the network in the figure?c) If Vab = 110[V], how much energy is in the 3[?F] capacitor? 7. ElectrostaticsWhich of the following statements are true, which are false? Mark clearly whether you consider a statement true or false. Explain in the space below each question briefly why a statement is correct or false.A- A negative point charge causes everywhere in space an electric field that points inward toward the point charge and the field is the stronger, the closer one gets to the point charge.B- A negative point charge causes everywhere in space a negative potential. Approaching the point charge lowers a charges potential energy.C- Gaussian surfaces must have the same geometry as the object they are testing.D- When an object possesses a non-uniform charge density then the total charge on the object is always different from zero.Master Equations – Physics 1220 F= 14πε0 ?q1?q2r2 and E= F0q0ΦE=E?dA= Qencl.ε0 U= 14πε0 iqiq0ri and V= Uq0 and E= -i ?V?x+j ?V?y+k ?V?z C ≡ QVab and Cplate= ε0 Ad and, in series, 1Ceq= i1Ci , and, in parallel, Ceq= iCi U= Q22C= 12 C V2= 12 Q V and u= 12 ε E2 Also, from mechanics:W = ?U = ?K, E = K + U = ? m v2 + Uel.st.14πε0=9?109C2N?m2Need to take your mind of the exam for a second? Check this out:Electric bulbs don't emit light; they suck dark. Thus they now call these bulbs dark suckers:The basis of the dark sucker theory is that electric bulbs suck dark. Take for example the dark suckers in the room where you are. There is less dark right next to them than there is elsewhere. The larger the dark sucker, the greater its capacity to suck dark. Dark suckers in a parking lot have a much greater capacity than the ones in this room.Dark has mass. When dark goes into a dark sucker, friction from this mass generates heat. Thus it is not wise to touch an operating dark sucker. Candles present a special problem, as the dark must travel in the solid wick instead of through glass. This generates a great amount of heat. Thus it can be very dangerous to touch an operating candle.Dark is also heavier than light. If you swim deeper and deeper, you notice it gets darker and darker. When you reach a depth of approximately fifty feet, you are in total darkness. This is because the heavier dark sinks to the bottom of the lake and the ligher light floats to the top.Finally, we must prove that dark is faster than light. If you stand in an illuminated room in front of a closed, dark closet, then slowly open the door, you would see the light slowly enter the closet, but since the dark is so fast, you would not be able to see the dark leave the closet.When Mr. Leno of the Tonight Show went J-walking and asked pedestrians some science questions, he discovered some amazing new facts about the universe: Jay Leno: "Why does dew appear on plants in the morning when the Sun comes up?" A waitress: "Is it because the Sun makes them perspire?" Jay Leno: "Why does the Moon orbit the Earth?" An auto mechanic: "To get to the other side?" Jay Leno: What are magnets?" A taxi driver: "Are they the things crawling over a week-old dead cat?" Jay Leno: Which is more useful, the Sun or the Moon?" A thirteen-year old: [Pause] "I think it's the Moon because the moon shines at night when you want the light, whereas the Sun shines during the day when you don't need it." ................
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