Potential due to a point charge.

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  Q from infinity to point P = Potential energy of charge Q placed at P = Q x Potential at point P Potential at point P = Potential due to +4e charge + Potential due to -2e charge Potential at a point due to a charge q = kq/r where k = 1/4ΠЄ0

• Physics: Position and magnitude of electric charge

  Potential due to positive charge at that point is given by And field due to negative charge will be As the net potential at the point will be Or Gives 3x - 0.12 = x Gives x = 0.06 m = 6 cm B) Lat the point is at x = x (x< 4 cm

• Calculate net electric potentials due to 3 charges, ball w charge placed in field

  r1 = 0.353 m Distance between charge q2 and A will also be same as above (r2) = 0.353 m Distance between charge q3 and A will be r3 = 0.353 m Potential at point A due to Charge q1 = K*(q1/r1) Value of K is equal to 1/40 where o is permittivity

• System of Electric Charges

  d) Electric potential at a point is defined as the work done is moving a unit positive charge from infinity to that point.

• Force between a point charge and conducting sphere

  By superposition the net potential will be the sum of the individual potentials due to Q, q and q'. Potentials due to Q and q cancel out and sphere will have a potential V due to q'.

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  Remember that, the potential is a scalar and it will be positive due to positive charge and negative due to a negative charge.

• Using point charges to determine potential at a given point

  Therefore the potential at the origin V(0,0) can be derived as V(0,0)=Potential due to Q1(V1) + Potential due to Q2(V2) +Potential due to Q3(V3) (2) Now we calculate each of these individual contributing potentials V1 = k x 5 x 10^-6 /0.1

• Line with 2 Charges: Electric potential and electric field

  At point C, the unit positive charge experiences a repulsive force in +x direction due to q2 and attractive force in -x direction due to q1.

• Calculating electic potential charges on point particles

  (ie. all edges have length 2a) A) uppose at position y, the potential due to the charge at a will be k*Q/Sqrt(y*y+a*a),where k=1/(4*pi*(dielectric constant)) Similarly, the potential due to the charge at -a will be k*Q/Sqrt(y*y+a*a).