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Assume that the balloon has a mass of {massg}&nbsp;g and has an area of contact with the ceiling of {areacm}&nbsp;cm$^2$, and note that the force due to gravity is $mg$ (pointing towards the centre of the Earth).<br/> <br/>When providing numerical answers you may express them using scientific notation.&nbsp; Express values to four significant figures and use the values of physical constants as provided in the course notes.</p>", "advice": "<p>The force due to gravity, or weight, at the Earth's surface is written as $mg$, where $m$ is the mass and $g$ is the acceleration due to gravity.&nbsp; The electric field force can be either written in terms of the force on a charge ($F=qE$), or, as is required in this case, in terms of the energy stored in the field, $F=\\displaystyle{\\varepsilon E^2 A\\over 2}$, where $A$ is the contact area, $\\varepsilon$ is the permittivity of air (a balloon stuck to the ceiling is likely to be in air!) and $E$ is the electric field strength.&nbsp; For NUMBAS we need to express the electric field as a different symbol as $E$ is reserved as {e}, the base of the natural logarithm.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>For the electric field to just balance the weight we can equate the two forces and re-arrange for $E$:</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$\\displaystyle{\\varepsilon E^2 A\\over 2}=mg\\Rightarrow E=\\sqrt{\\displaystyle{2mg\\over \\varepsilon A}}$.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You have to remember that the equations work for SI units, so the mass should be in kg and the area in m$^2$.</p>", "rulesets": {}, "extensions": [], "variables": {"area": {"name": "area", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "areacm/10000", "description": "<p>Area in m^2</p>", "templateType": "anything"}, "epsr": {"name": "epsr", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "1.0005", "description": "<p>Relative permittivity of air.</p>", "templateType": "anything"}, "massg": {"name": "massg", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": 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"anything"}}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "ungrouped_variables": ["areacm", "massg", "eps0", "epsr", "g", "Efield", "mass", "area"], "variable_groups": [], "functions": {}, "preamble": {"js": "", "css": ""}, "parts": [{"type": "gapfill", "useCustomName": true, "customName": "Weight", "marks": 0, "scripts": {}, "customMarkingAlgorithm": "", "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, "unitTests": [], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "variableReplacements": [], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "nextParts": [], "suggestGoingBack": false, "adaptiveMarkingPenalty": 0, "exploreObjective": null, "prompt": "<p>The force due to gravity, i.e. the weight&nbsp;of the balloon is given by the expression</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$F_{\\rm gravity}=$&nbsp;[[0]]</p>", "gaps": [{"type": "jme", "useCustomName": true, "customName": "weight", "marks": 1, "scripts": {}, "customMarkingAlgorithm": "", "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, 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