Situation 6.1 A 13.5-kg box slides over a rough patch 1.75 m long on a horizontal floor. Just before entering the rough patch, t

Response:

v = 4.08 m/s²

Clarification:

The new charge of the ball will amount to 8x10^8C after removing 5x10^27 electrons.

Explanation:

Initially, if the sphere is electrically neutral, its charge stands at 0C.

When an electron with a charge of (-1.6*10^-19 C) is taken away, we effectively add a positive charge, leading to:

1.6*10^-19 C as the sphere's new charge.

For a total of N electrons removed, the sphere's overall charge now becomes:

N*1.6*10^-19 C.

To calculate N when:

N*1.6*10^-19 C = 8.0x 10^8 C.

We find that N is: (8.0/1.6)x10^(8 + 19) = 5x10^27 electrons.

Answer:

The potential energy tied to the charge diminishes.

The electric field performs negative work on the charge.

Explanation:

If the plate separation is modified after the battery is disconnected, the updated distance between plates is 9.21 mm

If changes are made while the battery remains connected, the new separation becomes 0.11 mm

The capacitance for an air-filled parallel plate capacitor can be expressed as:

In this equation, refers to the permittivity of free space, A stands for the plate area, and D represents the separation distance.

Thus,

.......(1)

Therefore, should the distance between the plates shift from d₁ to d₂, the capacitance ratio in both scenarios can be represented as:

......(2)

Scenario (i)

When the capacitor is fully charged and then disconnected from the battery before adjusting the plate distance, the charge will remain steady while the capacitance varies.

The initial energy E₁ stored in the capacitor can be expressed as:

......(3)

Once the separation changes to d₂, capacitance becomes C₂, but the charge Q remains unchanged.

Thus,

......(4)

By dividing equation (4) by (3),

According to equation (2),

This results in a 3.5 fold increase in energy.

Scenario (2)

If the capacitor is kept connected to the power source, the voltage V across the plates will remain unchanged.

The initial energy is described as

......(5)

The final energy when the plate separation transitions to d₂ can be written as:

.....(6)

Referencing equations (5) and (6)

From equation (2),

Thus, in this particular scenario,

Therefore,

Adjusting plate separation after battery disconnection yields 9.21 mm

If modified while connected, the new separation measures 0.11 mm

Response:

83%

Clarification:

At the surface, the weight can be expressed as:

W = GMm / R²

where G denotes the gravitational constant, M represents the Earth's mass, m signifies the shuttle's mass, and R is the Earth's radius.

When in orbit, the weight is given by:

w = GMm / (R+h)²

where h indicates the shuttle's altitude above Earth's surface.

The weight ratio is as follows:

w/W = R² / (R+h)²

w/W = (R / (R+h))²

For R = 6.4×10⁶ m and h = 6.3×10⁵ m:

w/W = (6.4×10⁶ / 7.03×10⁶)²

w/W = 0.83

Thus, the shuttle maintains 83% of its weight as it orbits.