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Aught sosceles triangle of side a has charges q. +2q and as shown in Figure g arranged on 14 (a) What is the electric potential at point P, midway between the line connecting the +q and -q charges, assuming that V -0 at infinity? [Ans: qA2 rEga.] (b) What is the potential energy U of this configuration of three charges? What is the significance of the sign of your answer? [Ans: -/4/2 nEga, the negative sign means that work was done on the agent who assembled these charges in moving them in from infinity ) (c) A fourth charge with charge +3g is slowly moved in from infinity to point P. How much work aust be done in this process? What is the significance of the sign of your answer? [Aus: +3q/2 zega. the positive sign means that work was done by the agent who moved this charge is from infinity ]

Aught sosceles triangle of side a has charges q. +2q and as shown in Figure g arranged on 14 (a) What is the electric potential at point P, midway between the line connecting the +q and -q charges, assuming that V -0 at infinity? [Ans: qA2 rEga.] (b) What is the potential energy U of this configuration of three charges? What is the significance of the sign of your answer? [Ans: -/4/2 nEga, the negative sign means that work was done on the agent who assembled these charges in moving them in from infinity ) (c) A fourth charge with charge +3g is slowly moved in from infinity to point P. How much work aust be done in this process? What is the significance of the sign of your answer? [Aus: +3q/2 zega. the positive sign means that work was done by the agent who moved this charge is from infinity ]

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Chapter25: Electric Potential

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