College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 17, Problem 55GP
*Two small balls A and B with equal charges + q are fixed at distances a and 2a from the origin of a coordinate system as shown in Figure P17.55. You move a third equally charged ball C along the z-axis from negative infinity to positive infinity. Draw a qualitative graph that shows how the electric potential energy of the three-ball system depends on the position of ball C along the z-axis.
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