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1)Three conducting spheres of identical radius but made ofdifferent metals coppe

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Question

1)Three conducting spheres of identical radius but made ofdifferent metals copper, silver and gold. One of the spheres(gold) carries excess charge of +Q. If they are all broughtinto contact by a metal rod and then separated, what will be thecharge on all three spheres? 2)A certain charge Q is divided into 2 parts. One is qand the other is Q-q. These two charges are then separated bysome distance r. What must be q in terms of Q such that theelectrostatic repulsive force between the charges is maximum? 3) 3 particls are on the x-axis. Particle 1 of charge q1 is atx= -a   and particle 2 of charge q2 is at x=+a. If the net electrostatic force on particle of charge Q isto be zero, what must the ratio of q1/q2 be ifparticle 3 is at x = 0.5a? 1)Three conducting spheres of identical radius but made ofdifferent metals copper, silver and gold. One of the spheres(gold) carries excess charge of +Q. If they are all broughtinto contact by a metal rod and then separated, what will be thecharge on all three spheres? 2)A certain charge Q is divided into 2 parts. One is qand the other is Q-q. These two charges are then separated bysome distance r. What must be q in terms of Q such that theelectrostatic repulsive force between the charges is maximum? 3) 3 particls are on the x-axis. Particle 1 of charge q1 is atx= -a   and particle 2 of charge q2 is at x=+a. If the net electrostatic force on particle of charge Q isto be zero, what must the ratio of q1/q2 be ifparticle 3 is at x = 0.5a?

Explanation / Answer

1)Three conducting spheres of identical radius but made ofdifferent metals copper, silver and gold. One of the spheres(gold) carries excess charge of +Q. If they are all broughtinto contact by a metal rod and then separated,then the charge onall three spheres = Q / 3

2)charge one>

Charge on another = Q – q