Three charges are located in the x-y plane (see plot below), with Q1 = 6.00 µC, Q2 = -4.00 µC and Q3 = -5.00 µC. Note that the charges are located at gridintersections points.43Q22-1Q1Q3-2-3-4-5 -4 -3 -2 -10 1 2 34 5х (m)Calculate the total work required (by external forces) to transport Q1 and Q2 from their location to infinity.(u)

When Q1 and Q2 are moved to infinity, all the charges are at infinity with respect to each other.…

Three charges are located in the x-y plane (see plot below), with Q1 = 6.00 µC, Q2 = -4.00 µC and Q3 = -5.00 µC. Note that the charges are located at grid ntersections points. 2 02 1. -1 -2 Q1 03 -3 -4 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 45 x (m) Calculate the total work required (by external forces) to transport Q1 and Q2 from their location to infinity.

Three charges are located in the x-y plane (see plot below), with Q1 = 6.00 µC, Q2 = -4.00 µC and Q3 = -5.00 µC. Note that the charges are located at grid ntersections points. 2 02 1. -1 -2 Q1 03 -3 -4 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 45 x (m) Calculate the total work required (by external forces) to transport Q1 and Q2 from their location to infinity.

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter16: Electrical Energy And Capacitance

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 14P: Three charges are situated at corners of a rectangle as in Figure P16.13. How much work must an...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Two parallel plates 10 cm on a side are given equal and opposite charges of magnitude 5.0109 C. The plates are 1.5 mm apart. What is the potential difference between the plates?
A point charge of q=50108 C is placed at the center of an uncharged spherical conducting shell of inner radius 6.0 cm and outer radius 9.0 cm. Find the electric potential at (a) r = 4,0cm, (b) r = 8.0 cm, (c) r — 12.0 cm.
Three charges are situated at corners of a rectangle as in Figure P16.13. How much work must an external agent do to move the 8.00-C charge to infinity? Figure P16.13 Problems 13 and 14.
A spherical balloon contains a positively charged particle at its center. As the balloon is inflated to a larger volume while the charged particle remains at the center, which of the following are true? (a) The electric potential at the surface of the balloon increases. (b) The magnitude of the electric field at the surface of the balloon increases. (c) The electric flux through the balloon remains the same. (d) None of these.
A uniformly charged insulating rod of length 14.0 cm is bent into the shape of a semicircle as shown in Figure P25.44. The rod has a total charge of 7.50 C. Find the electric potential at O, the center of the semicircle.
A proton is located at the origin, and a second proton is located on the x-axis at x = 6.00 fm (1 fm = 10-15 m). (a) Calculate the electric potential energy associated with this configuration. (b) An alpha particle (charge = 2e, mass = 6.64 1027 kg) is now placed at (x, y) = (3.00, 3.00) fm. Calculate the electric potential energy associated with this configuration. (c) Starting with the three-particle system, find the change in electric potential energy if the alpha particle is allowed to escape to infinity while the two protons remain fixed in place. (Throughout, neglect any radiation effects.) (d) Use conservation of energy to calculate the speed of the alpha particle at infinity. (e) If the two protons are released from rest and the alpha panicle remains fixed, calculate the speed of the protons at infinity.
Two particles, with charges of 20.0 nC and 20.0 nC, are placed at the points with coordinates (0, 4.00 cm) and (0, 4.00 cm) as shown in Figure P20.19. A particle with charge 10.0 nC is located at the origin. (a) Find the electric potential energy of the configuration of the three fixed charges. (b) A fourth particle, with a mass of 2.00 1013 kg and a charge of 40.0 nC, is released from rest at the point (3.00 cm, 0). Find its speed after it has moved freely to a very large distance away.
A proton is released from rest at the origin in a uniform electric field in the positive x direction with magnitude 850 N/C. What is the change in the electric potential energy of the proton-field system when the proton travels to x = 2.50 m? (a) 3.40 X I0-l6J (b) -3.40 X 10-16J (c) 2.50 X 10-6J (d) -2.50 X 10-6J (e) -1.60 X 10-19J
When a potential difference of 150. V is applied to the plates of an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor, the plates carry a surface charge density of 3.00 1010 C/cm2. What is the spacing between the plates?
Two particles each with charge +2.00 C are located on the x axis. One is at x = 1.00 m, and the other is at x = 1.00 m. (a) Determine the electric potential on the y axis at y = 0.500 m. (b) Calculate the change in electric potential energy of the system as a third charged particle of 3.00 C is brought from infinitely far away to a position on the y axis at y = 0.500 m.
Find the electrostatic energy of eight equal charges (+3C) each fixed at the corners of a cube of side 2 cm.
Air breaks down and conducts charge as a spark if the electric field magnitude exceeds 3.00 106 V/m. (a) Determine the maximum charge Qmax that can be stored on an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor with a plate area of 2.00 104 m2. (b) A 75.0 F air-filled parallel-plate capacitor stores charge Qmax. Find the potential difference across its plates.