5. the drawing shows a negative charge ( q 1 ) and a positive charge ( q 2 ) fixed to a circle. at the center of the circle they produce a net electric field that is directed along the horizontal axis. determine the ratio q 1 / q 2 of the charges if α=27.0° and β=64.0°.

Aplane flying horizontally at an altitude of 1 mile and a speed of of 500mih passes directly over a radar station. find the rate at which the distance from the plane to the station is increasing when it is 2mi away from the station.

Simon is writing a story about an astronaut whose spacecraft has been boarded by space pirates. the astronaut has her lucky penny in her hand behind her back as the space pirates break into the control room. she has just locked the controls so that the ship is accelerating in the direction of the control room’s ceiling. simon wants the astronaut to use the penny to hit a button on the control panel to turn off the lights and escape. the button is located a short distance behind and below the astronaut’s hands. how should simon use the theory of relativity to describe what the astronaut must do in order to hit the button?

You charge a parallel-plate capacitor, remove it from the battery, and prevent the wires connected to the plates from touching each other. when you increase the plate separation, what happens to the following quantities?