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184_projects:charge_the_line_24 [2024/01/09 15:01] dmcpadden184_projects:charge_the_line_24 [2024/01/09 15:05] – [Wrap Up Questions] dmcpadden
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 ==== Kick Off Questions ==== ==== Kick Off Questions ====
 +  - What is superposition?
 +  - If you had to calculate the electric field by hand (at a single observation point) from 3 point charges, what steps would you have to use?
 +  - What is the difference between an insulator and conductor? 
  
 ==== Main Problem ==== ==== Main Problem ====
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 ==== Wrap Up Questions ==== ==== Wrap Up Questions ====
-Conceptual Questions 
   - How do you know if your code is working correctly?   - How do you know if your code is working correctly?
-  - What is superposition and how did you make use of it in the code? +  - How did you make use of superposition in the code? What line in your code uses superposition?
-  - If you had to calculate the electric field by hand (at a single observation point), what steps would you have to use? +
-  - What is the difference between an insulator and conductor+
   - We assumed in this problem that the charge was divided equally among the spheres in our model. Is that a good assumption for conductors? Is that a good assumption for insulators? Why or why not?   - We assumed in this problem that the charge was divided equally among the spheres in our model. Is that a good assumption for conductors? Is that a good assumption for insulators? Why or why not?
   - If you change the radius for your observation points, what happens to your E-Field arrows? Is that expected? Why or why not?   - If you change the radius for your observation points, what happens to your E-Field arrows? Is that expected? Why or why not?
   - What are the limitations of this model? How could you improve your model?   - What are the limitations of this model? How could you improve your model?
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