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This document contains an electrostatics worksheet with 6 questions. The questions cover topics like: the balancing force that prevents electroscope leaves from separating further due to repulsion; calculating electrostatic force between charges at different distances; relating a person's net charge to excess electrons and mass increase; calculating magnitude and direction of net force between three positively charged particles; calculating net force on each of three charged particles in a line; and finding the location of a third charge that would experience no net force from two other charges placed a certain distance apart. It also provides information about the charge on a Van de Graaff generator and distance to a pith ball to calculate the force and pith ball's charge.

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Electrostatic Questions

This document contains an electrostatics worksheet with 6 questions. The questions cover topics like: the balancing force that prevents electroscope leaves from separating further due to repulsion; calculating electrostatic force between charges at different distances; relating a person's net charge to excess electrons and mass increase; calculating magnitude and direction of net force between three positively charged particles; calculating net force on each of three charged particles in a line; and finding the location of a third charge that would experience no net force from two other charges placed a certain distance apart. It also provides information about the charge on a Van de Graaff generator and distance to a pith ball to calculate the force and pith ball's charge.

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Electrostatics Worksheet

1. When an electroscope is charged, its two leaves repel each other and remain at an angle. What balances the

electric force of repulsion so that the leaves don’t separate further?

2. Two charged dust particles exert a force of 3.2 10 2 N on each other. What will be the force if they are

moved so they are only one-eighth as far apart?

3. A person scuffing her feet on a wool rug on a dry day accumulates a net charge of 42 C. How many

excess electrons does she get, and by how much does her mass increase?

4. Three positive particles of equal charge, 11.0 C, are located at the corners of an equilateral triangle of

side 15.0 cm. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the net force one particle.

5. Particles of charge 75,  48, and 85 C are placed in a line. The center one is 0.35 m from each of the

others. Calculate the net force on each charge due to the other two.

6. A 4.75 C and a 3.55 C charge are placed 18.5 cm apart. Where can a third charge be placed so that it

experiences no net force?

Use the following information to answer the next two questions:

1. Calculate the electrostatic force on the Pith Ball.

2. If the Van de Graaff has a charge of -2.0 x 10-6C what is the charge on the Pith Ball? (use r = 30.0 cm)

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