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    How Does a Neutral Metal Ball Interact with a Nearby Point Charge?

    it should be at the center of the sphere i guess ? in that case the potential at any point on the sphere will be q/4πε_0d , as expected edit: didn't see that article you posted. it helped a lot. thanks! The rest is piece of cake.
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    How Does a Neutral Metal Ball Interact with a Nearby Point Charge?

    Yes, i know how to solve this problem using method of images if the sphere is grounded. The induced charge would be q_i=-qr/l. But in this case there is no charge induced,since the sphere is not grounded, the charges just move inside the sphere, but the net charge still remains zero.
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    How Does a Neutral Metal Ball Interact with a Nearby Point Charge?

    Homework Statement Find the attractive force between a neturally charged metal ball of radius r and a point charge q, located a distance l from the center of the ball. Also find the work needed to move the charge to infinity. The ball is not grounded. Homework Equations - The...
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    Capacitors in Series: Finding Charge on Each After Reconnection

    Thank you for the wonderful idea. So i have calculated each voltage drop U_1=q_a/C=6U/11 U_2=q_a/2C=3U/11 U_3=q_a/3C=2U/11 now after the reversion, we should have U-U_3+U_2-U_1=q_b C_a and from here q_b=36CU/121 q_b is the additional charge you were talking about. Now for each of...
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    Capacitors in Series: Finding Charge on Each After Reconnection

    Homework Statement Three capacitors, of capacitances C , 2C and 3C respectively are connected in this order in series to a voltage U battery. After they are charged, the middle capacitor (2C) is disconnected and then connected back again with reversed polarity. Find the charges on each of the...
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    Solving Infinite Cylinder Homework w/ Electric Field Inside Void

    Homework Statement In an infinitely large evenly charged dielectric cylinder(charge density is \rho ) there is an infinitely large cylindrical void. Prove that the electric field inside the void is homogenous and find its value. (picture) http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5747/61734727.png...
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    How Does Water Vapor Dissociation Affect Internal Energy in a Closed System?

    Thanks for your feedback. Yes, the volume did in fact decrease. Maybe you're right , the pressure isn't constant, i can't find another explanation. But in that case there isn't enough data to solve this problem. If i assume that all the water vapor dissociated, then why is the volume change...
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    How Does Water Vapor Dissociation Affect Internal Energy in a Closed System?

    Homework Statement In a closed vessel there was some water vapor. After the water vapor dissociated, the temperature decreased by 10%, and the volume by 20%. Find the change in internal energy. (U{initial}-U{final})/U{initial} Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Let's...
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    Find Time to Melt Ice Ball in Water Bath: Heat Conduction

    Homework Statement An ice ball is melting in a water bath. Find the time needed for the ice ball to completely melt. Heat transfer is only due to heat conduction. The radius of the ball is R_0=1cm. The temperature of the water in the bath is t=10°. There is an infinite amount of water...
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    Solving a Pulley System: Mass M & Friction Forces

    Okay so this is my solution T is the tension force , and i'll assume g=10m/s^2 For the 1st pulley 2T_1=Mg+m_1 g+F_f so T_1=50,75N 2nd pulley 2T_2=T_1+m_2 g +F_f T_2=26,625N 3rd pulley 2T_3=T_2+m_3 g +F_f T_3=15,0625N and the 4th pulley it should like something like this i guess...
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    Solving a Pulley System: Mass M & Friction Forces

    Yeah that makes sense . So it should be something like this. By the way,about the 4th pulley, since it is fixed (it doesn't move) , shouldn't i ignore it's mass ? http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3059/unledme.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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    Solving a Pulley System: Mass M & Friction Forces

    The system is going up with some constant speed. and i drew all the friction forces in blue. Can you tell me is this corrent ? http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/3059/unledme.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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    Solving a Pulley System: Mass M & Friction Forces

    Homework Statement An object of mass M=10kg is being pulled up by a system of pulleys. a)What force do you need to exert on point A for the object to move uniformly ? b) What force do you need to exert on point A, if the friction in each of the pullies is 0,5N and the pulleys are not massless -...
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    An object on an inclined plane

    It's not a textbook problem. However, thanks a lot for your help ! :)
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    An object on an inclined plane

    So mg sin \alpha - F = ma FR=mR^2\beta/2 a=\beta R and from here a=2gsin\alpha /3 and i can find the translational velocity, but what about the angular velocity? it seems i will need the radius, which is not given
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