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Chapter 24, Problem 11P
Four point charges each having charge Q are located at the corners of a square having sides of length a. Find expressions for (a) the total electric potential at the center of the square due to the four charges and (b) the work required to bring a fifth charge q from infinity to the center of the square.
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Ch. 24 - Three positive charges are located at the corners...Ch. 24 - Two point charges Q1 = +5.00 nC and Q2 = 3.00 nC...Ch. 24 - You are working on a laboratory device that...Ch. 24 - Your roommate is having trouble understanding why...Ch. 24 - Four point charges each having charge Q are...Ch. 24 - The two charges in Figure P24.12 are separated by...Ch. 24 - Show that the amount of work required to assemble...Ch. 24 - Two charged particles of equal magnitude are...Ch. 24 - Three particles with equal positive charges q are...Ch. 24 - Prob. 16PCh. 24 - Prob. 17PCh. 24 - Prob. 18PCh. 24 - How much work is required to assemble eight...Ch. 24 - Four identical particles, each having charge q and...Ch. 24 - It is shown in Example 24.7 that the potential at...Ch. 24 - Figure P24.22 represents a graph of the electric...Ch. 24 - Figure P24.23 shows several equipotential lines,...Ch. 24 - An electric field in a region of space is parallel...Ch. 24 - A rod of length L (Fig. P24.25) lies along the x...Ch. 24 - For the arrangement described in Problem 25,...Ch. 24 - A wire having a uniform linear charge density is...Ch. 24 - You are a coach for the Physics Olympics team...Ch. 24 - The electric field magnitude on the surface of an...Ch. 24 - Why is the following situation impossible? A solid...Ch. 24 - A solid metallic sphere of radius a carries total...Ch. 24 - Prob. 32PCh. 24 - A very large, thin, flat plate of aluminum of area...Ch. 24 - Prob. 34PCh. 24 - Prob. 35PCh. 24 - A long, straight wire is surrounded by a hollow...Ch. 24 - Prob. 37APCh. 24 - Prob. 38APCh. 24 - Prob. 39APCh. 24 - Why is the following situation impossible? You set...Ch. 24 - The thin, uniformly charged rod shown in Figure...Ch. 24 - A GeigerMueller tube is a radiation detector that...Ch. 24 - Review. Two parallel plates having charges of...Ch. 24 - When an uncharged conducting sphere of radius a is...Ch. 24 - A solid, insulating sphere of radius a has a...Ch. 24 - Prob. 46APCh. 24 - For the configuration shown in Figure P24.45,...Ch. 24 - An electric dipole is located along the y axis as...Ch. 24 - A disk of radius R (Fig. P24.49) has a nonuniform...Ch. 24 - Prob. 50CPCh. 24 - (a) A uniformly charged cylindrical shell with no...
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