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Its not a 4mm bead, that's the separation distance between the two plates. Bead is point charge

Homework Statement A small bead of mass m= 34 g and charge of Q=140 mC has a velocity (all in the horizontal direction) of 7 m/s as it enters the gap of a parallel plate capacitor, initially traveling parallel to the plates. The plates are separated by 4 mm. If the bead enters the capacitor...

Awesome, thanks a lot!

I figured it had something to do with absolute values. would the other situation be: 0 = -1/-x + 5/(3-x)? Sorry, I have no idea how to add an equation to make it look nice

Thanks, 1/x = 5/(3-x) 3-x = 5x x = 0.5, Since x is from -1.50m, for the first part, it is -1.0m

Homework Statement Two point charges are placed on the x axis. The charge + 5 q is at x =1.50m , and the charge −q is at x= -1.50m . There is a point on the x-axis between the two charges where the electric potential is zero. Where is this point? The electric potential also vanishes...