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Two point charges of equal magnitude are 8.0 cm apart. At the midpoint of the line connecting them, their combined electric field has a magnitude of 51 N/C. Find the magnitude of the charges?

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Answer:

r = 8/2 = 4cm = 0.04m

k = 9×10^9

Enet = 51 N/C

Enet = E1 + E2

since E1 = E2

E1 = Enet/2 = 51/2

E/2 = kq/r²

q = Er²/2k

q = (51 × 0.04²)/(2×9×10^9)

q = 4.5×10^-12 C

q1 = q2 = 4.5 pC

Explanation:

The electric field is a region around a

charge in which it exerts electrostatic force

on another charges. While the strength of

electric field at any point in space is called

electric field intensity. It is a vector

quantity. Its unit is NC¯¹.

According to coulomb’s law ,if a unit

positive charge q (call it a test charge) is

brought near a charge q (call a field

charge) placed in space,the charge q will

experience a force. The value of this force

depends upon the distance between the

two charges. If the charge q is moved

away from q ,this force would decrease till

at a certain distance the force would be

practically reduced to zero. The charge q

is then out of the influence of charge q.

The region of space surrounding the charge

q in which it exerts a force on the charge

q is known as E.F of the charge

q. Mathematically it is expressed as:

E =F/q

The direction of the vector E is the same

as the direction of F,because q is a

positive scalar. Dimensionally,the E.F is

force per unit charge,and its SI unit is the

newton/coulomb (N/C).

Electric charge is a basic property of electrons, protons, and other subatomic particles. The magnitude of point charges are [tex]Q_1 = Q_2 = 1.81\times 10^{-11}\;\rm C[/tex].

What is the charge?

The charge is a characteristic of a unit of matter that expresses the extent to which it has more or fewer electrons than protons.

Given that the magnitude of the combined electric field E is 51 N/C. Also, Two point charges of equal magnitude are 8.0 cm apart.

[tex]E = E_1 + E_2[/tex]

The magnitude of both the charges are the same, hence the magnitude of the electric field around the charges will be the same.

[tex]E_1 = E_2[/tex]

So, [tex]E = 2E1[/tex]

[tex]E_1 = \dfrac {E}{2}[/tex]
[tex]E_1 = E_2 = \dfrac {51}{2}[/tex]

[tex]E_1 = E_2 = 25.5\;\rm N/C[/tex]

The electric field is around the charge is given as,

[tex]E = \dfrac {kQ}{d^2}[/tex]

Where Q is the magnitude of the point charge, d is the distance between the charge and k is the coulombs' constant.

[tex]25.5 = \dfrac {9\times 10^9\times Q}{0.08^2}[/tex]

[tex]Q = 1.81 \times 10^{-11} \;\rm C[/tex]

The point charges are equal in magnitude, hence,

[tex]Q_1 = Q_2 = 1.81\times 10^{-11}\;\rm C[/tex]

Hence we can conclude that the magnitude of point charges are [tex]Q_1 = Q_2 = 1.81\times 10^{-11}\;\rm C[/tex].

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