EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
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Chapter 23, Problem 54P
(I) How much work must be done to bring three electrons from a great distance a part to within 1.0 × 10−10 m from one another (at the corners of an equilateral triangle)?
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Chapter 23 Solutions
EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
Ch. 23.1 - Prob. 1AECh. 23.2 - Prob. 1BECh. 23.3 - Prob. 1CECh. 23.3 - Prob. 1DECh. 23.8 - Prob. 1FECh. 23.8 - Prob. 1GECh. 23 - If two points are at the same potential, does this...Ch. 23 - If a negative charge is initially at rest in an...Ch. 23 - State clearly the difference (a) between electric...Ch. 23 - Suppose the charged ring of Example 238 was not...
Ch. 23 - Consider a metal conductor in the shape of a...Ch. 23 - Equipotential lines are spaced 1.00 V apart. Does...Ch. 23 - Prob. 1PCh. 23 - Prob. 3PCh. 23 - Prob. 4PCh. 23 - Prob. 9PCh. 23 - Prob. 11PCh. 23 - (II) The electric potential of a very large...Ch. 23 - (II) The Earth produces an inwardly directed...Ch. 23 - (II) A 32-cm-diameter conducting sphere is charged...Ch. 23 - (II) An insulated spherical conductor of radius r1...Ch. 23 - (II) Determine the difference in potential between...Ch. 23 - (II) Suppose the end of your finger is charged....Ch. 23 - (II) Estimate the electric field in the membrane...Ch. 23 - (III) A hollow spherical conductor, carrying a net...Ch. 23 - (III) A very long conducting cylinder (length ) of...Ch. 23 - Prob. 31PCh. 23 - (I) Draw a conductor in the shape of a football....Ch. 23 - (II) Equipotential surfaces are to be drawn 100 V...Ch. 23 - (II) Calculate the electric potential due to a...Ch. 23 - (III) The dipole moment, considered as a vector,...Ch. 23 - (I) Show that the electric field of a single point...Ch. 23 - (I) What is the potential gradient just outside...Ch. 23 - (II) The electric potential between two parallel...Ch. 23 - () The electric potential in a region of space...Ch. 23 - (II) In a certain region of space, the electric...Ch. 23 - (II) A dust particle with mass of 0.050 g and a...Ch. 23 - (III) Use the results or Problems 38 and 39 to...Ch. 23 - (I) How much work must be done to bring three...Ch. 23 - (I) What potential difference is needed to give a...Ch. 23 - If the electrons in a single raindrop, 3.5 mm in...Ch. 23 - By rubbing a nonconducting material, a charge of...
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