If the potential due to a point charge is 5.75 ✕ 102 V at a distance of 15.6 m, what are the sign and magnitude of the charge? (Enter your answer in C.)

Answer :

Explanation:

The given data is as follows.

           Potential (V) = [tex]5.75 \times 10^{2} V[/tex]

           Distance (r) = 15.6 m

Let us assume that q is the magnitude of charge. Formula to calculate charge will be as follows.

            V = [tex]\frac{1}{4 \pi \epsilon_{o}} \times \frac{q}{r}[/tex]

      [tex]5.75 \times 10^{2} V = 9 \times 10^{9} \times \frac{q}{15.6 m}[/tex]    

             q = [tex]\frac{89.7 \times 10^{2}}{9 \times 10^{9}}[/tex]

                = [tex]9.96 \times 10^{-7}[/tex] C

As the potential due to charge is positive. Therefore, q is positive.

Thus, we can conclude that the sign of charge is positive and magnitude of the charge is [tex]9.96 \times 10^{-7}[/tex] C.

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