Consider two negative charges, -/a/ and -/30/, held fixed at the base of an equilateral triangel of side length s. The remaining vertex of the triangle is point P. et q= -1.00 nC, and s = 6.00 cm. (A.).What is.the pateptial energy of this system of two charges? U= Enter a number. (B.) What is the electric potential at point P? (C.) How much work will it take (similarly, what will be the change in the electric potential energy of the system) to bring a third negative charge (-/a) to point P from a very large distance away? w = AU = (D.) If the third charged particle (-/a) is placed at point P, but not held fixed, it will experience a repellent force and accelerate away from the other two charges. If the mass of the third particle is m= 6.50 x 1012 kg, what will the speed of this charged particle be once it has moved a very large distance away? m/s

Consider two negative charges, -/a/ and -/30/, held fixed at the base of an equilateral triangel of side length s. The remaining vertex of the triangle is point P. et q= -1.00 nC, and s = 6.00 cm. (A.).What is.the pateptial energy of this system of two charges? U= Enter a number. (B.) What is the electric potential at point P? (C.) How much work will it take (similarly, what will be the change in the electric potential energy of the system) to bring a third negative charge (-/a) to point P from a very large distance away? w = AU = (D.) If the third charged particle (-/a) is placed at point P, but not held fixed, it will experience a repellent force and accelerate away from the other two charges. If the mass of the third particle is m= 6.50 x 1012 kg, what will the speed of this charged particle be once it has moved a very large distance away? m/s

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Chapter25: Electric Potential

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