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Particle A, with a charge q = 0.8 μC, is clamped to a vertical wall. A small sphere B, with a mass of 50 g and the same charge, is suspended from the wall by an insulating thread 25 cm long. The point of suspension is 25 cm above particle A. Determine the angle θ that the thread makes with the wall in equilibrium. Suppose g = 10 m/s².

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00:00Hi friends, if you feel tired while studying, don't forget to take a break.
00:07An electrically charged particle is stuck to the wall.
00:12Another electrically charged particle connected to a rope is right next to the particle.
00:18Because the signs of the charges are the same, the particle connected to the rope will be lifted upwards.
00:25Now, we are asked to calculate what is the value of the angle formed between the rope and the wall surface.
00:34Maybe you can't understand this problem properly, just watch this animation.
00:40Here is an electrically charged particle stuck to the wall surface.
00:46Particles like this can't move anywhere.
00:50Another particle connected to the rope is right next to the particle on the wall.
00:56This means that the length of the string is exactly the same as the distance from the axis to the particle on the wall.
01:03To differentiate them, let's call them particle 1 and particle 2.
01:10Since the signs of the charges are the same, the two particles will move away from each other.
01:17Of course, the particle connected to the string will be lifted upward.
01:23The particle will stop moving once the force equilibrium is reached.
01:29At that point, the angle formed by the string and the wall surface is theta.
01:36Before going any further, the length of the string is L, likewise, the distance from the axis of the string to particle 1.
01:46Now let's analyze the forces acting on particle 2.
01:53Particle 2 is around the Earth. The force of gravity will pull particle 2 downward.
02:01The column force is the central force.
02:04This force will be in line with the line connecting particle 1 and particle 2.
02:11The rope is in a taut condition, there is a tension force in the rope according to the direction of the rope.
02:18It turns out that three forces act simultaneously on particle 2.
02:24If you still remember Lamy's theorem in the series of dynamics of motion, this theory requires several angle values.
02:32Because the length of the sides of the triangle is the same, of course it is an isosceles triangle.
02:39In an isosceles triangle, the two angles are equal.
02:45The sum of the angles in each triangle is 180 degrees.
02:51Simply put, beta is equal to 90 minus half theta.
02:58Now extend the string line.
03:01If so, this angle is theta.
03:06The lines of force of the gravitational force will be parallel to the wall surface.
03:12This angle must also be equal to theta.
03:18Overall, angle theta plus angle beta will equal 90 plus half theta.
03:25The sum of the supplementary angles is 180 degrees.
03:30This angle is 180 minus theta.
03:34These are the two angles we need.
03:40Using Lamy's theorem, mg over the sine of 90 plus half theta is equal to f21 over the sine of 180 minus theta.
03:52The tricky part is getting the value of f21.
03:56This is because we need the distance between particle 1 and particle 2.
04:01Let's assume that distance is r.
04:07We can draw a line from the axis to the midpoint of r.
04:11This will form a right angle since it's an isosceles triangle.
04:18Sin half theta is equal to half r over L.
04:24From here, r is equal to 2L sin half theta.
04:30Knowing this value, we can calculate the magnitude of the column force.
04:34F21 is equal to kq1 q2 over r squared.
04:40The magnitudes of the charges are the same.
04:43The magnitude of the column force is kq squared over 4L squared sin squared half theta.
04:50Based on the trigonometric identity, the sine of 90 minus half theta is equal to the cosine of half theta.
04:57And the sine of 180 minus theta is equal to the sine of theta.
05:04The sine of theta itself can be written as 2sine of half theta cosine of half theta.
05:11On both sides there is a factor of cosine of half theta.
05:15Just cross out those two values.
05:20We can write this equation as the sine of half theta to the power of 3.
05:27Just substitute some of the values listed on the problem sheet.
05:33The numbers are very complicated, just use a scientific calculator.
05:40If I'm not mistaken, the sine of half theta is equal to 0.2846.
05:48From here half theta is equal to 16.5 degrees.
05:52Theta is equal to 33 degrees.
05:58Although it looks simple, this problem is really complicated.
06:02Happy learning everyone.
06:04Happy learning everyone.

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