AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2013

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    Two identical conducting spheres, fixed in place, attract each other with an electrostatic force of 0.108 N when separated by 50.0 cm, center to center. The spheres are then connected by a thin conducting wire. When the wire is removed the spheres repel each other with an electrostatic force of 0.0360 N. The initial charges on the spheres were

    A)  \[9\times {{10}^{-6}}C,\,-3\times {{10}^{-6}}C\]

    B)  \[1\times {{10}^{-6}}C,\,-3\times {{10}^{-6}}C\]

    C)  \[-3\times {{10}^{-6}}C,\,\,\,2\times {{10}^{-6}}C\]

    D)  \[1\times {{10}^{-6}}C,-\,2\times {{10}^{-6}}C\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                     Given that                 \[{{F}_{1}}=0.108\,N\]                 \[r=0.5\,m\]                 \[{{F}_{1}}=\frac{1}{4\pi {{\varepsilon }_{0}}}\frac{{{q}_{1}}{{q}_{2}}}{{{r}^{2}}}\]                 \[0.108=9\times {{10}^{9}}\,\,\frac{{{q}_{1}}{{q}_{2}}}{{{(0.5)}^{2}}}\]                                 \[{{q}_{1}}{{q}_{2}}=\frac{0.25\times 0.108}{9\times {{10}^{9}}}=\frac{108\times 25\times {{10}^{-5}}}{9\times {{10}^{9}}}\]                 \[{{q}_{1}}{{q}_{2}}=3\times {{10}^{-12}}{{C}^{2}}\]                         ... (i) and        \[0.036=9\times {{10}^{9}}\frac{{{\left( \frac{{{q}_{1}}-{{q}_{2}}}{2} \right)}^{2}}}{{{(0.5)}^{2}}}\]                 \[=\frac{0.036\times 4\times 0.25}{9\times {{10}^{9}}}={{({{q}_{1}}-{{q}_{2}})}^{2}}\]                 \[\frac{4\times 4\times 25\times {{10}^{5}}}{{{10}^{9}}}{{({{q}_{1}}-{{q}_{2}})}^{2}}\]                 \[4\times {{10}^{-12}}={{({{q}_{1}}-{{q}_{2}})}^{2}}\]                 \[2\times {{10}^{-6}}={{q}_{1}}-{{q}_{2}}\]                           ... (iii) Now      \[{{({{q}_{1}}+{{q}_{2}})}^{2}}={{({{q}_{1}}-{{q}_{2}})}^{2}}+4\,{{q}_{1}}{{q}_{2}}\]                                 \[=4\times {{10}^{-12}}+4\times 3\times {{10}^{-12}}\]                                 \[=16\times {{10}^{-12}}\]                                 \[{{q}_{1}}+{{q}_{2}}=4\times {{10}^{-6}}\]          ... (iv) From Eqs. (iii) and (iv), we get                 \[{{q}_{1}}=-3\times {{10}^{-6}}\] and \[{{q}_{2}}=1\times {{10}^{6}}\]


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