If you are to increase the electric potential of an equipotential surface, what should be done? a. increase the distance from the source b. move closer to the source c. drift away from the source d. stay on the equipotential surface

If you are to increase the electric potential of an equipotential surface, what should be done? a. increase the distance from the source b. move closer to the source c. drift away from the source d. stay on the equipotential surface

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter20: Electric Potential And Capacitance

Section20.2: Potential Diff Erence In A Uniform Electric Field

Problem 20.2QQ: The labeled points in Figure 20.4 are on a series of equipotential surfaces associated with an...

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a. increase the distance from the source
b. move closer to the source
c. drift away from the source
d. stay on the equipotential surface

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