Estimate the number of excess electrons on the surface of one of the 20 cm long pieces of tape, pulled from the lab bench. This should be an order of magnitude estimate and you are not expected to get an exact answer - there is none. You should be able to give a reasonable estimate. Note that a piece of half-inch-wide (1.2 cm) tape, which is 20 cm long, has a mass of about 0.262 g. Assume each piece has the same charge. Your report should explain how you did the calculation, including approximations made.

Search coils and credit cards. one practical way to measure magnetic field strength uses a small, closely wound coil called a search coil. the coil is initially held with its plane perpendicular to a magnetic field. the coil is then either quickly rotated a quarter-turn about a diameter or quickly pulled out of the field. (a) derive the equation relating the total charge q that flows through a search coil to the magnetic-field magnitude b. the search coil has n turns, each with area a, and the flux through the coil is decreased from its initial maximum value to zero in a time ∆t. the resistance of the coil is r, and the total charge is q = i∆t, where i is the average current induced by the change in flux. (b) in a credit card reader, the magnetic strip on the back of a credit card is rapidly “swiped” past a coil within the reader. explain, using the same ideas that underlie the operation of a search coil, how the reader can decode the information stored in the pattern of magnetization on the strip. (c) is it necessary that the credit card be “swiped” through the reader at exactly the right speed? why or why not?