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Advanced Higher Physics

Electromagnetism

Problems:
Solutions

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Tutorial 1.0

Coulomb’s inverse square law and electric field strength

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Tutorial 1.1
Coulomb's Inverse Square Law

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Tutorial 2.0
Electric fields and electrostatic potential

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Tutorial 2.1
Electric Field Strength

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Tutorial 3.1
Electrostatic Potential

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Tutorial 4.0
Charges in motion

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Tutorial 4.1
Charges in Motion

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Tutorial 5.0
Electromagnetism

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Tutorial 5.1
Force on a Conductor

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Tutorial 6.0
Motion in a magnetic field

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Tutorial 6.1
Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields

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Tutorial 7.0
Capacitors in d.c. circuits

Numerical answers:

 (a) 50 × 10 –3 C


(b) (i) 125 A
(ii) current decreases exponentially

2. 05 F

3. 225 × 10 –5 C

4. (a) 10 F
(b) 08 C

5. (b) 49 mF

6. (e) (i) 40 A
(ii) 40 × 10 2 C or 40 × 10 –4 C

7. (e) 12 V

10. 8 ms

12. (b) (i) 8 s


(ii) 73 V

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Tutorial 7.1
Capacitors in a.c. circuits

Numerical answers:

2. (a) 32 × 10 3 
(b) 16 mA

3. (a) 500 
(b) 64 F

4. (a) 024 A r.m.s


(b) 48 F

5. (a) 600 F
(b) 189 mA
(c) 566 V

6. (a) 4
(b) 27 × 10 –4 F (actual values 4 and 30 × 10 –4 F)

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Tutorial 8.0
Self-inductance

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Tutorial 8.1
Self-Inductance

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Tutorial 8.2
Inductors and a.c.

Numerical answers:

2. (a) 250 
(b) 0·12 A

3. (a) 500 
(b) 1·6 H

4. (a) 0·12 A
(b) 30 V

5.

6.

7. (b) (i) 64 × 10 –6 F


(ii) 26 H (actual values 60 × 10 –6 F and 26 H)

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Tutorial 9.0
Electromagnetic radiation

Numerical answers:

4. (a) 40 × 102 V m–1


(b) 45 × 1014 Hz
(c) (ii) 13 × 10–6 T

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