PHYSICS QUALIFYING EXAM
PARTI
SPRING 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
PLEASE SHOW ALL WORK FOR PARTIAL CREDITTwo racquetballs cach having a mass of 170 g are placed in a glass jar as shown in the
figure below. Their centers and the point 4 lie on a straight line. Assume the walls are
frictionless.
a. Determine the forces P 1, P2, and Ps.
b. Determine the magnitude of the force exerted by the left ball on the right ball.P
A sphere of radius R has a uniform volume charge density p. Determine the magnetic
fiold at the center of the sphere when it rotates as a rigid object with angular speed @
about an axis through its center see figure below.
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