For the following situations, consider moving a positive charge from very far away to the origin along the y-axis. For which situation would you do the most work?

Q: Three positive charges are kept at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. We can make the…

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Q: A d B a) Find the potential due to the three charges A = 3 µC, B = 8 µC and C = –2 µC at the lower…

A: The given problem has three charges arranged on 3 corners of a square of side d=4 cm A=3 μC=3×10-6…

Q: A fixed point charge of 3 nC is located at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system. The charge…

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Q: A point charge of 5.7 μC is located in a uniform electric field of 30 N/C. You move the charge, at…

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Q: A uniform electric field is oriented in the -z direction. The magnitude of the electric field is…

A: The relation between potential difference and electric field is given as  V = Ed V is potential…

Q: conducting cylinder of radius 3.25 cm and length 5.6cm has a total  charge of 4.5x10-9C distributed…

A: Here it is figure of a conducting cylinder of radius 3.25 cm and length 5.6 cm is drawn and we have…

Q: The speed of an electron moving along the y axis increases from 4.75 × 106 m/s at y= 10.0 cm to 8.00…

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Q: The two charges in the figure below are separated by d=2.50 cm. (Let q=-18.0 nC and q₂-25.5 m The…

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Q: An external electric field is given by where A is a positive constant, r is the radial coordinate in…

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Q: A charge +16 e moves from an equipotential P to equipotential Q. The equipotential P and Q have an…

A: Given data  charge q = 16 e  electric potential of equipotential P, Vp = 17 kV = 17000 V  electric…

Q: Four identical charged particles (q = +17.0 µC) are located on the corners of a rectangle as shown…

A: Given The magnitude of the charge is q = 17 µC = 17 x 10-6 C. The width of the rectangle is W = 12…

Q: Calculate the change in potential energy to move a 2nC charge from infinity to a point o in nJ.

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Q: In the quark model of fundamental particles, a proton is composed of three quarks: two “up” quarks,…

A: According to question --- Given that -- Charge of up quarks (q1 = q2) = 2e/3 . Charge of down quark…

Q: Four identical charged particles (q= +14.0 μC) are located on the corners of a rectangle as shown in…

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Q: Four charges of equal magnitude q = 2.08 µC are situated as shown in the diagram below. If d = 0.91…

A: Given data  The charge magnitude at the first point  is: q1 = -q The charge magnitude at the second…

Q: The three charges are arranged at the corners of a rectangle as indicated in the diagram. Find the…

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Q: The graph above is the potential energy of a positively charged particle in a region of space. a.…

A: Here slope of the curve is constant So electric field is uniform in the given region.

Q: A uniform electric field of magnitude 340 V/m is directed in the negative y direction as shown in…

A: Given: In this question, the given details are, A uniform electric field of magnitude 340 V/m is…

Q: Consider the spherical equipotential surfaces of a positive point charge as shown. A positive test…

A: qo = 1.00 × 10- 9 C Electric potential at point X is Vx = 20.0 V Electric potential at point Y is VY…

Q: 4) Para a configuração de cargas da figura, calcule o potencial elétrico sobre eixo vertical,…

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Q: A uniformly charged insulating rod of length 16.0 cm is bent into the shape of a semicircle as shown…

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Q: er of radius 3.25 cm and length 5.6cm has a total  charge of 4.5x10-9C distributed uniformly on its…

A: Given values:- Radius of cylinder,(r)=3.25 cm=0.0325 m  -----(1) Length of cyclinder,(l)=5.6…

Q: semicircle as shown in the figure below. The rod has a total charge of -6.00 µC. Find the electric…

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Q: The two halves of the rod in the figure are uniformly charged to ±Q. What is the electric potential…

A: The rod is uniformly charged with two halve positive and negative charges. Since, the rod is…

Q: is the electric potential energy of two isolated like charges positive or negative ? Give a physical…

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Q: A thin rod of length L=14.1 m carries a uniform charge density 2=0.12 µC / m along its length. Take…

A: Given:- The length of the rod L =14.1 m   The uniform charge density λ= 0.12μC/m The coulomb;s…

Q: What is the electric potential energy of a system of three equal 6.50 nC charges placed on the…

A: Given Data:- Charge is q=6.50 nC=6.50 nC×10-9 C1 nC=6.50×10-9 C Distance between two charge is…

Q: The work done by an external force to move a charge from point A to point B is 15x10^4). If the…

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Q: Consider two charges Q1 = +3.90 nC and Q2 = −2.20 nC in the following diagram Find the potential…

A: potential due to a charge q at a distance x is given by V=kqx

Q: A +6.00uC charge and -3.00uC charge are located on 2 vertices of an equilateral triangle with sides…

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Q: A positive charge (q=+6.0 µC) starts from point A in a constant electric field and accelerates to…

A: Charge is Work-done on moving a charge from point A to B is Note:Find:The potential difference

Q: Two positive charges of 3.6 μC and 2.5 μC are separated by a distance of 0.034 m. What is the…

A: To find the electric potential energy of the configuration We are given with the following q1=3.6…

Q: Two point charges of values +4.27 μC and +4.42 μC, respectively, are separated by 6.48 cm. What is…

A: Potential energy due to 2 charge system q1 and q2 is,  V=q1q24πε0r Given : Charge  q1=4.27 μCq2=4.42…

Q: solid conductor sphere (radius = 5.0cm) has a charge of 0.25 nC uniformly distributed on its…

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Q: A charged ball with mass, m = 0.011 kg, and excess charge, q = -640 μC, is released from rest on the…

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Q: Two particles with charges +4e and -9e are initially very far apart (effectively an infinite…

A: Given  q1 = +4e = 4×1.6×10-19 C = 6.4 ×10-19 C q2 = -9e = - 9 ×1.6×10-19  = -14.4×10-19 C

Q: The circular arc shown in the figure below has a uniform charge per unit length of 3.50 x 10-8 C/m.…

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Q: În the following diagram containing two charges, Q1 = 2.00 µC is located at (0,3) and Q2 = - 2.00 µC…

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Q: Three point charges are individually brought from infinity and placed at the corners of a rectangle…

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Q: The shaded region in the diagram is a region of uniform electric field. A negative charge Q = -2μC…

A: A positive charge experiences the electric force in the direction such that the electric potential…

Electric Charges and Fields

One of the fundamental properties is the electromagnetic property. Charge cannot be destroyed by any process and this contributes formally to the law of charge conservation.