Velocity of an electron
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2 stationary point charges +3.00 nC and +2.00 nC are seperated by a distance of 50.0 cm. An electron is released from rest at a point midway between the two charges and moves along the line connecting the two charges. What is the speed of the electron when it is 10.0 cm from the +3.00 nC charge?
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Physics, Development and Consumption of Energy
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Velocity of an electron
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The problem is as follows:
2 stationary point charges +3.00 nC and +2.00 nC are seperated by a distance of 50.0 cm. An electron is released from rest at a point midway between the two charges and moves along the line connecting the two charges. What is the speed of the electron when it is 10.0 cm from the +3.00 nC charge?
I've tried everything, including conservation of energy. I set Potential Energy at the point x= 0.25 m equal to the sum of the Kinetic and Potential Energies at x = 0.10 m from the +3.00 charge. Then I solved for the velocity from the KE energy at x =0.10 m from the +3.00 charge as follows:
v = sqrt. ((2*q*(V_a-V_b))/m) where m = mass of electron = 1.67*10^-27 kg and q = charge of electron = 1.60*10^-19 C
The potentials were derived from the sum of potentials due to both positive charges at each respective point. Then, I subtracted the potential at 0.25 from the potential at 0.10. I then plugged in the potential difference, the mass of the electron, the charge of the electron and still did not get the right answer
What am I doing wrong?
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