{"id":2891,"date":"2018-05-30T12:10:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T04:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2023-08-06T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T14:26:46","slug":"types-of-electric-charges-problems-and-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/types-of-electric-charges-problems-and-solutions.htm","title":{"rendered":"Types of electric charges \u2013 problems and solutions","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Types of electric charges \u2013 problems and solutions<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1. Based on the figure of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/electric-currents-electric-charges-problems-and-solutions.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric charges<\/a> below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2892\" src=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Types-of-electric-charge-1.png\" alt=\"Types of electric charge 1\" width=\"274\" height=\"46\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Objects A and D are negatively charged (-), object A <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">attract <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">object B and <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">repels<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> object C, object D <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">repels<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> E. Determine <a href=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/types-of-electric-charges-problems-and-solutions.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">type of electric charge<\/a> of object B, C, and E.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A. Positive, Positive, Negative<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">B. Negative, Negative, Positive<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">C. Positive, Negative, Negative<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">D. Positive, Negative, Positive<\/span><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Solution :<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The electric charge consists of two types: positive electric charge and negative electric charge<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">. Each type of charge repels the same type but attracts the opposite type. That is: unlike charges attract; like charges repel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If charge A is a positive charge, charge A repels charge B, then the charge B is a positive charge. If charge P is a negative charge, charge P attract charge Q, then the charge Q is a positive charge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>A is a negative charge.<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>D is a negative charge.<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A attract <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">B so that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>B is a positive charge<\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A repels C so that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>C is a negative charge<\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">D repels E so that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>E is a negative charge<\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Types of charges B, C, and E is positive, negative, negative.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The correct answer is C.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">If the glass is rubbed with a silk, the correct explanation in the following table is \u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2898\" src=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Types-of-electric-charges-\u2013-problems-and-solutions-10-300x170.png\" alt=\"Types of electric charges \u2013 problems and solutions 10\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/05\/Types-of-electric-charges-\u2013-problems-and-solutions-10-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/05\/Types-of-electric-charges-\u2013-problems-and-solutions-10.png 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Solution<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Glass has a positive charge, so if the glass is rubbed with a silk cloth then the electrons move from the glass to the silk, so the glass has more protons than the electrons.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Protons are positively charged therefore glass becomes positively charged. Instead, silk has more electrons than protons. The electrons are negatively charged so that the silk fabric becomes negatively charged.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The correct answer is A.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\">3<span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Plastic rod rubbed with wool<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">the correct explanation is&#8230;..<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A. E<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">lectrons in the wool move to plastic, plastic negatively charged <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">B. E<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">lectrons in the plastic move to wool, wool negatively charged <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">C. E<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">lectrons in the wool move to plastic exchanging with protons, wool negatively charged <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">D. E<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">lectrons in the plastic move to wool and exchange with protons, plastics positively charged <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Solution :<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\">T<span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">he electrical charge on plastics is internationally agreed as a negative charge.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2894\" src=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Types-of-electric-charge-3.png\" alt=\"Types of electric charge 3\" width=\"116\" height=\"98\" \/><br \/>\nPlastic or any object becomes negatively charged due to excessive electrons. Because the plastic is rubbed with wool it is concluded that electrons move from wool to plastic.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The correct answer is A.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">4. There is a ball P conductor with negatively charged and four balls of Q, R, S, T.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2895\" src=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Types-of-electric-charge-4.png\" alt=\"Types of electric charge 4\" width=\"210\" height=\"41\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\">B<span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">all P attract Q and repels S. Ball Q repels R and ball S repels T. If ball P <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">brought closer<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> to ball R and ball T then&#8230;..<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Solution<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">P <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">attract <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Q<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">so that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Q <\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>is a positive charge<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">P <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">repels <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">S <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">so that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>S <\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>is a negative charge<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Q <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">repels <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">R <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">so that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>R <\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>is a positive charge<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">S <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">repels <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">T <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">so that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>T <\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>is a negative charge<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If ball <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">P <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">brought close to ball <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">R <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">then they attract each other<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If ball P brought close to ball T then they repel each other.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The correct answer is <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">D. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of electric charges \u2013 problems and solutions 1. Based on the figure of the electric charges below. Objects A and D are negatively charged (-), object A attract object B and repels object C, object D repels E. Determine type of electric charge of object B, C, and E. A. 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