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Homework Statement
Two charges q = 4.0μ C are fixed in space a distance d = 4.0 cm apart, as shown in the figure. With V = 0 at infinity, what is the electric potential at point C?
You bring a third charge q = 4.0μC from infinity to C. How much work must you do?
What is the potential energy U of the three-charge configuration when the third charge is in place?
Diagram shows (let me use x-y coordinate terms to describe this). Charge q at the origin. Another charge q at (4 cm, 0 cm) and point C at (2 cm, 2 cm)
Homework Equations
Electric Potential = kQ/r
The Attempt at a Solution
That's the right equation for the first part correct? I get 1.27*10^4 for the electric potential for one of the charges on point C. When you double that, you get 2.5 * 10^4 V and that should be the answer? (online homework system says that it is wrong).
What am I doing wrong here?
Also I don't understand the second part. If you are moving a charge from infinity, how can you calculate the work? You don't know the distance?