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Question: How much work is required to bring these two charges together separated by a distance .
For more than one point charge electric potential due to these charges
=sum of electric potential of each charge (Superposition principle)
Electric field lines always point in the direction of decreasing electric potential !!
Equipotential Surfaces:
Equipotential surfaces are always perpendicular to field lines; they are always
closed surfaces (unlike electric field lines, which begin and end on charges).
The net electric force does no work on a charge as it moves on an equipotential surface.
Summary
a) Determine the electric field vector and its magnitude at the point A (2,1,1)
b) Find the work that must be done by an external force to move a charge q=-8μC between
the points (1,1,1) to (2,2,2).
A thin flat disk, of radius R, has a uniformly distributed surface charge density σ.
Two point charges are located on the x-axis, Q1=8.0μC at x=-0.2m ans Q2=-8.0μC at x=0.2m .
b) Find the work that must be done by an external force to bring a third point charge Q 3=
5.0μC from infinity to the point A.
c) What is the electrical potential energy of this system of three point charges when Q 3 is at
the point A?
d) Find the work that must be done by an external force to bring a third point charge Q 3 from
the point A to the point B at x=0.6m, along the semicircular path shown in the figure below.
A thin rod of length carries a uniform charge density along its length.
b) Find the work that must be done by an external force to bring a point charge from
infinity to the point P. ( )