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PHY108 Section 9 Assignment 01

The document outlines an assignment for PHY108 at North South University, focusing on electrostatics involving charged particles arranged in various configurations. It includes multiple problems requiring calculations of net electrostatic forces and electric fields due to these particles. The assignment is due on June 15, 2025.

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PHY108 Section 9 Assignment 01

The document outlines an assignment for PHY108 at North South University, focusing on electrostatics involving charged particles arranged in various configurations. It includes multiple problems requiring calculations of net electrostatic forces and electric fields due to these particles. The assignment is due on June 15, 2025.

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North South University

Department of Mathematics and Physics


PHY108, Section - 9, Summer – 2025
Due date: Sunday, June 15, 2025

Assignment – 01
1) In Fig. 1, four particles form a square. The charges are and .
(a) What is Q/q if the net electrostatic force on particles 1 and 4 is zero?
(b) Is there any value of q that makes the net electrostatic force on each of the four
particles zero? Explain.
(c) Find the net electrostatic forces on and .

Fig. 1

2) In Fig. 2, particle 1 of charge and particle 2 of charge are held at separation


cm on an x axis. If particle 3 of unknown charge is to be located such that the
net electrostatic force on it from particles 1 and 2 is zero, what must be the
(a) x and (b) y coordinates of particle 3?
(c) Find the net electrostatic force on due to and .

Fig. 2
3) Figure 3 shows an arrangement of four charged particles, with angle and
distance . Particle 2 has charge ; particles 3 and 4 have
charges .
(a) What is distance D between the origin and particle 2 if the net electrostatic force on
particle 1 due to the other particles is zero?
(b) If particles 3 and 4 were moved closer to the x axis but maintained their symmetry about
that axis, would the required value of D be greater than, less than, or the same as in
part (a)?

Fig. 3

4) In Fig. 4, the four particles are fixed in place and have charges ,
, and . Distance . What is the magnitude of the net
electric field at point P due to the particles?

Fig. 4
5) In Fig. 5, the three particles are fixed in place and have charges and
. Distance . What are the
(a) magnitude and
(b) direction of the net electric field at point P due to the particles?

Fig. 5

6) Electric quadrupole. Figure 6 shows a generic electric quadrupole. It consists of two


dipoles with dipole moments that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
(a) Find the net electric field at point P.
(b) Show that the value of E on the axis of the quadrupole for a point P a distance z from its
center ( ) is given by

in which ( ) is known as the quadrupole moment of the charge distribution.

Fig. 6

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