Solve the following problems on your own paper. Please:

• Show all work.
• Put a box around your final answer to each problem.
• Be sure proper significant figures (SF) used for all answers.
• Separate all solutions with a horizontal line on your paper.
• A random selection of four problems will be graded for 25 points each.
• Solutions for suggested odd problems can be seen by following links.
• Solutions for assigned problems will be linked from this page after the due date.

Chapter 16

#24

Answer each part with 1 SF.

#28

Similar to problem #50 in chapter 15 in terms of finding the electric field.

#30

See examples 16.5, 16.6 for guides.

#34

See example 16.7, #33, and #35 for ideas on approaching this sort of problem.

#44

Answer with 3 SF.

#48

Watch your unit conversion here. Remember that 1 square centimeter is 0.0001 square meter, not 0.01 square meter.

Suggested problems from chapter 16:

C12, C13, C16, C17, #22, #23, #25, #26, #27, #29, #31, #32, #33, #35, #40, #41, #42, #43, #45, #47, #49, #52, #53, #55, #57

Chapter 17

#4

Use equation 17.1 and solve for the charge first.

#16

Answer as a simple fraction, not a decimal.

#20

Answer with 2 SF.

#32

For comparison, the current national debt is on the order 10^12 dollars, so your answer should be roughly a million times this. Convert Watt-seconds into Kilowatt-hours to help answer this one.

#42

See example 17.8 for a guide, and there are plenty of other similar suggested problems to help.

Suggested problems for chapter 17:

C1, C3, C4, C5, C8, C9 C10, C12, C14, #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #17, #18, #21, #22, #23, #27, #28, #31, #33, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, #48, #49, #50, #52, #53, #55, #59