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Presented by UNIVERSITY PHYSICS Philip R. Kesten David L. Tauck sapling learning

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Question

Presented by UNIVERSITY PHYSICS Philip R. Kesten David L. Tauck sapling learning Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field produced by a red blood cell at the following locations Assume that red blood cells can be modeled as spheres of 7.03 um diameter with -2.55 x 102 C excess charge uniformly distributed over the surface. Inside the cell at a distance of 3.25 pm from the center. Number Just inside the surface of the cell. Number Just outside the surface of the cell. Number VI m. At a point outside the cell 3.25 um from the surface. Number VI m

Explanation / Answer

Radius of the cell = d/2 = 7.03/2 = 3.515 micro m

1) Inside the cell, E = k*Q*r/R^2

= 9*10^9*2.55*10^-12*3.25*10^-6/(3.515*10^-6)^3

= 1.717*10^9 V/m <<<<<<<<<<<-------Answer


2) Just Inside the cell surface, E = k*Q*/R^2

= 9*10^9*2.55*10^-12/(3.515*10^-6)^2

= 1.857*10^9 V/m <<<<<<<<<<<-------Answer

3) same 1.857*10^9 V/m <<<<<<<<<<<-------Answer


4) at a point 3.25 micro m from the surface

r = 3.515 + 3.25

= 6.765 micro m

out side the sphere, E = k*Q/r^2

= 9*10^9*2.55*10^-12/(6.756*10^-6)^2

= 5.03*10^8 V/m <<<<<<<<<<<-------Answer