Coulomb's Law: Four point charges of varying magnitude and sign are arranged on the corners of the square of side d as shown in the figure. Which one of the arrows shown represents the net force acting on the point charge with a charge +Q?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D


Answer: A

Physics & Space Science

You might also like to view...

What is steady state?

What will be an ideal response?

Physics & Space Science

Which of the following statements about spectral types of stars is true?

A) The spectral type of a star can be used to determine its surface temperature. B) A star with spectral type A is cooler than a star with spectral type B. C) A star with spectral type F2 is hotter than a star with spectral type F3. D) The spectral type of a star can be used to determine its color. E) All of the above are true.

Physics & Space Science

A hypothetical particle has a mass of 510 MeV/c2. If such a particle at rest decays into two gamma-ray photons, what is the wavelength of each photon?

(1 eV = 1.60 × 10-19 J, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J? s)

Physics & Space Science

Let k be the Boltzmann constant. If the thermodynamic state of a gas at temperature T changes isothermally and reversibly to a state with three times the number of microstates as initially, the energy input to the gas as heat is:

A. Q = 0 B. Q = 3kT C. Q = ?3kT D. kT ln 3 E. ?kT ln 3

Physics & Space Science