A thin, uniformly charged spherical shell has a potential of 832 V on its surface. Outside the sphere, at a radial distance of 21.0 cm from this surface, the potential is 499 V. Calculate the radius of the sphere. Submit Answer Tries 0/32 Determine the total charge on the sphere. Submit Answer Tries 0/100 What is the electric potential inside the sphere at a radius of 4.0 cm? Submit Answer Tries 0/32 Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at the surface of the sphere. Submit Answer Tries 0/32 If an electron starts from rest at a distance of 21.0 cm from the surface of the sphere, calculate the electron's speed when it reaches the sphere's surface.

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Answer:

a

The radius is   [tex]r_1 = 0.315m[/tex]            

b

The total  charge is   [tex]Q= 2.912*10^{-8}C[/tex]

c

The electric potential inside sphere is the same with that outside the sphere which implies that the electric potential is 832 V

d

The magnitude of the electric field is  [tex]E= 2641.3 V/m[/tex]

e

The velocity is   [tex]v= 1.76 *10^{14} m/s[/tex]

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

     The potential is [tex]V_1 = 832 V[/tex]

       The radial distance from the sphere is [tex]d = 21.0cm = \frac{21}{100} = 0.21m[/tex]

       The potential at the radial distance is [tex]V_2 = 499V[/tex]

The potential at the surface of the sphere is mathematically represented as

                     [tex]V = \frac{kQ}{r}[/tex]

                    [tex]Vr = kQ[/tex]

Where kQ is  a constant what this means that the the charge Q and the coulomb constant do  not change

  This means that

              [tex]V_1 r_1 = V_2 r_2[/tex]

Where [tex]r_1[/tex] is the radius of the sphere

     and [tex]r_2[/tex] is the distance  from that point where the second potential was measured to the center of the sphere which is mathematically represented as

             [tex]r_2 = r_1 + d[/tex]

Substituting  this into the equation

                      [tex]v_1 r_1 = V_2 (r_1 +d)[/tex]

 Now substituting value

                   [tex]832 * r_1 = 499 * (r_1 + 0.21)[/tex]

                   [tex]832r_1 - 499r_1 = 104.79[/tex]

                   [tex]333r_1 = 104.79[/tex]

                       [tex]r_1 = \frac{104.79}{333}[/tex]

                           [tex]r_1 = 0.315m[/tex]              

From the equation above

          [tex]V = \frac{kQ}{r_1}[/tex]

making Q the subject

        [tex]Q = \frac{V r_1 }{k}[/tex]

k has a values of [tex]k = 9*10^9 \ kg\cdot m^3 \cdot s^{-4} \cdot A^{-2}[/tex]

       Substituting into the equation

            [tex]Q =\frac{832 * 0.315}{9*10^9}[/tex]

               [tex]Q= 2.912*10^{-8}C[/tex]

According to  Gauss law  the electric field from  outside a sphere is taken to be an electric field from a point charge this mean that the potential outside a sphere is also taken as electric potential inside a sphere

The magnitude of a electric field from a sphere (point charge ) is mathematically represented as

                  [tex]E = \frac{kQ}{r_1^2}[/tex]

Substituting values

                 [tex]E = \frac{9*10^{9} * 2.912*10^{-8}}{0.315^2}[/tex]

                     [tex]E= 2641.3 V/m[/tex]

 According the the law of energy conservation

  The electric potential energy at the point outside the surface where the second potential was measured(21 cm from the sphere surface) = The electric potential energy at the surface + The kinetic energy of the charge (electron) at that the surface

Generally Electric potential energy is mathematically represented as

         [tex]EPE = V * e[/tex]

Where is e is an electron

And Kinetic energy is mathematically represented as

         [tex]KE = \frac{1}{2} m v^2[/tex]

From the statement above

          [tex]V_2 e = V_1 e + \frac{mv^2}{2}[/tex]

But from the question we can deduce that the potential at the surface is zero

So the equation becomes

            [tex]V_2 e = \frac{mv^2}{2}[/tex]

The charge an electron has a value  [tex]e = 1.602*10^{-19}C[/tex]

And the mass of an electron is [tex]m = 9.109 *10^{-31}kg[/tex]

     Making v the subject

       [tex]v = \sqrt{\frac{2V_2 e}{m} }[/tex]

Substituting value

      [tex]v = \sqrt{\frac{2 * 499 * 1.602 *10^{-19}}{9.109*10^{-31}} }[/tex]

         [tex]v= 1.76 *10^{14} m/s[/tex]