A honey bee of mass 120 mg has accumulated a static charge of +1.7 pC. The bee is returning to her hive by following the
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:08 pm
A honey bee of mass 120 mg has accumulated a static charge of +1.7 pC. The bee is returning to her hive by following the path shown in the figure. Because Earth has a naturally occurring electric field near ground level of around 100 V/m pointing vertically downward, the bee experiences an electric force as she flies. What is the change in the bee's electric potential energy, AU electric, as she flies from point A (0 m, 0.3 m) to point B (5.2 m, 3.5 m)? AU electric = J Compute the ratio of the bee's change in electric potential energy to her change in gravitational potential energy, AU electric/AU grav AU electric/AUgrav =