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Transcribed Image Text:A small object has a charge of q = 2e, where e is the charge on an electron.
(a) Determine the electric potential (in V) due to the charge at a distance r = 0.360 cm from the charge.
V
(b) Determine the electric potential difference (in V) between a point that is 2r away and this point, that is V(2r) - V(r).
V
(c) Determine the electric potential difference (in V) between a point that is
2
V
(d) How would the answe
swers change if the electrons are replaced by protons?
The sign of answer (a) would change.
The sign of answer (b) would change.
The sign of answer (c) would change.
The sign of all answers would change.
All answers would remain the same.
✓(7) – v(r).
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away and this point, that is V
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