Ctrostatics, Gauss’s Law, and Potential

[Shay10825]

electrostatics, Gauss’s Law, and Potential

Hello. I need some help with the following problems.
4. A solid spherical container has a radius of 15 cm. The electric field 30 cm from the center of this sphere has a magnitude of 800 N/C. What is the surface charge density (sigma) on the sphere?
I did:
EA= q/ e0
E(4)(pi)(r^2) = [sigma(4)(pi)(r^2)] / e0
E= sigma / e0
800(8.85 X 10^-12) = sigma
sigma = 7.08 X 10^-9
But the answer is 2.8 X 10^ -8 C/m^2
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6. A uniform line charge of linear charge density lambda= 5 nC/m extends from x=0 to x=10 m. The magnitude of the electric field at the point y=12 m on the perpendicular bisector of the finite line of charge is?
I did:
I made a right triangle where 10 m was the length of the horizontal side and 12 m was the length of the vertical side. Then I found the hypotenuse to be 15.62 m
E= lambda / [(2pi)(e0)(r)]
E= (5X 10 ^ -9) / [(2pi)(8.85 X10^-112)(15.62)
E=7.49
But the answer is 2.88 N/C
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16. An infinitely long cylindrical shell of radius 6.0 cm carries a uniform surface charge density sigma = 12 nC/m^2. The electric field at r = 6.1 cm is approximately?
I did:
EA = q/e0
E(2)(pi)(r)(l) = [sigma(2)(pi)(r)(l) ] / e0
E= sigma / e0
E= 1355.93
But the answer is 1.3 kN/c
I don’t know if my answer is wrong or correct because of rounding.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Psi-String]

For first question
\oint \vec{E}\cdot d\vec{A}=\frac{q}{\epsilon}
so q=\epsilon EA where {A}=4 \pi {R}^2 R= 0.3 m
thus
\sigma =\frac {q}{4\pi {r}^2}
where r= 0.15 m

 

[Psi-String]

For second question
E= \frac{2}{4\pi \epsilon_0} \int_0^5 \frac{\lambda dx}{x^2+y^2}\frac{y}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}

both the answer of q1 and q2 are correct

 

[Shay10825]

For second question
E= \frac{2}{4\pi \epsilon_0} \int_0^5 \frac{\lambda dx}{x^2+R^2}\frac{R}{\sqrt{x^2+R^2}}
both the answer of q1 and q2 are correct

How did you get that equation? And what do I plug in for x and R? And what do you mean by "both the answer of q1 and q2 are correct"?

 

[Psi-String]

I mean that the answer of q1 is 2.8 \times 10^ -8 C/m^2 and the anwer of q2 is 2.88 N/C
The R in the equetion represented for y which is 12m. I get this equetion by \int \frac{1}{4 \pi \epsilon_0} \frac{dq}{r^2} where r is the distance between dq and (5,12) and thus r^2=x^2 + y^2.
And because of symmetery, we can notice that the horizontal component will be cancled so we just have to integrate the vertical component. That's why \frac{y}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}} appeared.

 

[Gamma]

For the last one, You seem to use the same radius. Electric filed should be

E = sigma r / e.R where r= 6cm, and R= 6.1 cm. e=permitivity of free space.

You will get your answer in N/C. To change to kN/C divide your answer by 1000.

E = 1334 N/C or 1.3 kN/C.

Note that you made the same mistake in your first problem where

E should have been = r^2 sigma / R^2 e0

Learn how to use the gauss' low again because it is important to know the basics.