The Great Triangle of Electrostatics1

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V = " $ E # dsˆ
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! ! F = qE
U = qV !
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r r q
# E " dA = in
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Introduction to Electrodynamics David J. Griffiths © 1999 Pentice-Hall Inc. p. 87
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