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Field pattern -- Which can be produced by 2 point charges?
Homework Statement Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution why not B?- Cici2017
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How come accelerating charges produce EMR, but others don't?
I am a high school teacher preparing to teach grade 12 physics for the first time in the fall. I can't quite understand this and it is really bothering me... In the textbook my school uses, it says that accelerating charges produce electromagnetic radiation, while charges moving at a constant...- jumbogala
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A sphere radiating charges isotropically
An interesting problem posed to me by a friend: A small sphere, initially neutral, of radius ##a## emits ##n## charges ##q## of mass ##m## per unit time isotropically from its surface at a radial velocity of constant norm ##v##. Determine the spatial distribution of charges and currents at...- Joshua Benabou
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- Charges Electromagetism Sphere
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Electrostatic energy of three charges
Homework Statement Two equal charges of magnitude Q each are placed at a distance d apart .Their electrostatic energy is E. A third charge -Q/2 is brought midway between these two charges .The electrostatic energy of the system is now A) -2E B) -E C) 0 D) E Homework Equations EPE = kq1q2/r...- Vibhor
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- Charges Electrostatic Electrostatic energy Energy
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How Does Current Direction Affect Magnetic Field Orientation?
Homework Statement current in wire is in east to west direction.direction of magneetic field below the line Homework Equations right hand thumb rule The Attempt at a Solution i used the right hand thumb rule to find the direction of magnetic field but the magnetic field comes out in in the...- Suyash Singh
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- Charges Current Magnet Magnet electromagnet Magnetism
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Two point charges repelling, stretching a spring
Homework Statement Two spherical point charges each carrying a charge of 40 mC are attached to the two ends of a spring of length 20 cm. If its spring constant is 120 Nm-1, what is the length of the spring when the charges are in equilibrium? Homework Equations 1) F = k*(q^2)/r^2 where k is...- chopnhack
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- Charges Point Point charges Spring
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Point charges in a equilateral triangle - typo in solution?
Homework Statement Three point charges each carrying a charge of 11.0 µC are located at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side 15.0 cm. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the force on each charge. Homework Equations k = 9.0x109NM2C-2 F = k⋅(Q1⋅Q2)/r2 The Attempt at a Solution...- chopnhack
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- Charges Equilateral triangle Point Point charges Triangle
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Electric field due to a point charges
Suppose a charge q is placed at point x=0, y=0. A second charge q is placed at point x=8.0m, y=0. What charge must be placed at the point x=4.0m, y=0 in order that the field at the point x=4.0m, y=3.0m be zero?- joerylee palmerola
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- Charges Electric Electric field Field Point Point charges
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Does the first Maxwell equation work also for moving charges?
My professor said that the first two maxwell equation's are about static fields Another fast question: Do a single charge that is moVing generate a magnetic field? I saw a demonstration that explains the magnetic field as an electric field using only special relativity, there is a free charge...- physics user1
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The total potential energy of two charges Wikipedia mistake?
Say, we have two particles of equal and opposite charge in an isolated system in which we neglect gravity. The energy of particle 1 is: E1 = U1 + T1 Where U1 is electrostatic potential energy and T1 is the kinetic energy of particle 1. The energy of particle 2 is: E2 = U2 + T2 Where U2 is...- Geonaut
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- Charge Charges Elecrostatics Energy Mistake Potential Potential energy Wikipedia
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How does a battery push charges? Potential difference?
Hello there, I'm confused on several things such as the potential difference it provides and how it pushes the charges through the wire or conductor or circuit. So when a battery comes into contact with a wire, the positive charges flows from high potential through the circuit to the low...- Notaphysicsmajor
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- Battery Charges Difference Potential Potential difference Push
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What do you mean by force "between" two charges?
I can understand force being exerted by an object on another object but I can't understand what all this force between two objects is. Can anyone give the complex and simple explanation, please? I am completely freaking out not being able to understand. Analogies and visualizations are a great...- Young wolf
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- Charges Force Mean
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Charges in Magnetic Fields from Surfing Physics book
I am a teacher and I can't work this one out. I am trying to answer (a). I have only included the further parts of the question (b, c and d) so you can see why some parts of the question are included. A single positively charged particle, mass 4.6 x 1027 kg, enters a 4.0 T magnetic field into...- alv
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Equilibrium of Charges at Circumference of a Circle
Homework Statement Two charges placed at circumference of a circle of radius ##a## at ##\pi/2## from each other. Find the relative magnitude of third charge kept on the circumference such that the system is at equilibrium.Homework Equations Coulombs law. The Attempt at a Solution Let ##Q##...- Buffu
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- Charges Circle Elecrostatics
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Electric field with three charges and a point
refer only to the image above, not the question 4.) Two point charges, Q1 and Q2, are placed 0.30 m apart on the x–axis (shown in the figure above) Charge Q1 has a value of –2.50 x 10–6C. The net electric field at point P is zero. a. What is the sign of charge Q2? ____ Positive ____...- dbuhtoia
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- Charges Elecrostatics Electric Electric field Field Physics Point
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Finding the force of repulsion between two point charges
Hello! So this is going into physics because it is a physics problem, but it is maths that is the real problem. So if you came here to help someone with physics and not maths I'm sorry. 1. Homework Statement Find the force of repulsion between two point charges of +1C and +3C if they are...- RabbitWho
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- Charges Force Point Point charges Repulsion
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Electric field created by point charges and conducting plane
I came upon this: http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/174514/will-the-electrostatic-force-between-two-charges-change-if-we-place-a-metal-plat/323006#323006 question on Physics Stackexchange which I found very interesting. The configuration is basically two positive point charges q and...- KV71
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- Charges Conducting Conducting plate Coulomb law Electric Electric field Field Plane Point Point charges
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There are two charges with charge q and mass m
There are two charges with charge q and mass m and they are in equilibrium. Then, in the diagram why is my teacher saying that electrostatic force(F)=mg? Below is diagram.- Abhishek Das
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- Charge Charges Electrostatic Electrostatic equilibrium Mass Vector
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Motion of 4 charges positioned in a square shape
Homework Statement Four particles with equal charges q and equal masses m are placed on a plane so that they form the corners of a square with side length a. The charges are then released from rest at this configuration (shown as (i) in the figure). After the release, the particles accelerate...- Berker
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- Charge Charges Electric field Motion Shape Square
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Dielectric Charges: Explaining Why They Don't Attract
can someone in detail explain to me why can't a dielectric attract charges?- superslow991
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- Charges Dielectric
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MasteringPhysics: Find the angle between the point charges.
Homework Statement Two m = 4.0 g point charges on 1.0-m-long threads repel each other after being charged to q = 80 nC , as shown in the figure. What is the angle θ? You can assume that θ is a small angle. Homework Equations Fe=kq2/r2 F=ma Fg=mg The Attempt at a Solution Equation 1:[/B] r =...- danielhep
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- Angle Charges Masteringphysics Point Point charges
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Why Can a Positive or Negative Charge Attract a Neutral Object?
Can someone in detail please explain to me why a positive or negative charge can attract to a nuetral object?- superslow991
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- Charges Neutral
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Force from "like charges" with and without movement
I apologize ahead of time if this thread was made in the incorrect post. I have only taken Physics III (Mechanics) and am now taking Physics IV (Electricity/Magnetism). I have yet to find a description of every type of forum here. In class, I was understanding everything that was mentioned and...- Don Bones
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- Charges Force Movement
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Resultant Electric field between charges
Homework Statement A +15 microC point charge Q1 is at a distance of 20 mm from a + 10 microC charge Q2. Fin the resultant electric field at: Ai) the midpoint between the two charges ii) at point P along the line between Q1 and Q2 which is 25 mm from Q1 and 45 mm from Q2. bi) Explain why...- williamhannah
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- Charges Electric Electric field Field Resultant
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Deriving an expression for the energy required to separate charges
Homework Statement Hi guys, would just too make sure my derivation and insight to why is correct. Question: a) only Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution $$dU=-wd_{ext}$$ $$dU=-F_{ext} \cdot dx$$ Now as the ##F_{ext}## is in the same direction and the direction vector { have not...- Taylor_1989
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- Charges deriving Energy Expression
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Forces between the dipole and a point charge
Homework Statement We have an electric dipole with moment P=2*[10][/-5] pointing in x direction. What is the force experieced by dipole at origin when a point charge Q=3*[10][/-4] is located at (0.014 m ,0,0) Homework Equations 1. [E][/dipole]=(1/4π[ε][/0])(2p/r3) 2. p=qs 3. F=qE 4. τ=pEsinϑ...- Albi Mema
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- Charge Charges Dipole Dipole moment Forces Point Point charge
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Continuous Distribution of Charges Problem
Homework Statement Charge Q is uniformly distributed along a thin, flexible rod of length L. The rod is then bent into the semicircle shown in the figure (Figure 1) . Find an expression for the electric field E⃗ at the center of the semicircle. Hint: A small piece of arc length Δs spans a...- BrainMan
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- Charges Continuous Distribution
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Difference Electric Field Strength Point Charges vs. Plates
Why does the electric field strength on a straight line (E = k.(Q1/d12+Q2/d22). D1,2 = distance with respect to Q1,Q2) between two point charges vary with the location on this line while the field strength between two parallel plates which remains the same anywhere between the plates...- Merlion
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- Charges Difference Electric Electric field Electric field strength Field Field strength Plates Point Point charges Strength
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Calculating the Potential Energy of a 3-point charge config.
Homework Statement Charge q1= 8.5 nC is located at the coordinate system origin (0,0), while charge q2= -4.46 nC is located at (a,0), where a= 1.5 m. The point P has coordinates (a,b), where b=0.95 m. A third charge q3= 16.5 nC will b added later. It is a 3 part question, first asking for the...- DaveedL
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- Charge Charges Electric potential Electric potential energy Energy Physics 2 Potential Potential energy
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Moving charges and varying magnetic fields
I understand that a steady flow of current will not induce currents in near by conductors. But, what about a steady flow of current that is being accelerated perpendicularly by a uniform magnetic field? Wouldn't this current produce a time varying magnetic field? This is a conductive disk with...- Samson4
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- Charges Fields Magnetic Magnetic fields
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B Does a moving bar magnet create charges?
So I understand that a charged particle moving relative to me has a magnetic field, and does not have one if its stationary relative to me... So is it true that a magnet moving relative to me has a charge? Say I took a bar magnet and threw it away from me way out in space, would it acquire a...- ealbers
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- Charges Equivalence principle Magnet
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Six identical charges in hexagonal setup problem
Homework Statement Attached the original script. Sorry but I don't know how to type in latex so its easier to attach photos. Homework Equations ET=Σ6n=1En The Attempt at a Solution I attached what I was able to do, I know there is a mistake is in part (b) that I can't locate and any help or...- MoAli
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Charges inside a metal sphere will tend to go towards
Homework Statement A metallic sphere is charged. Where will the charges go? At center or on surface or uniformly distributed. Homework Equations I think it should be uniformly distributed. Cause that's why we have terms like volume charge density like we do q/volume. The Attempt at a Solution...- jaus tail
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- Charges Sphere
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Electric Field due to multiple point charges
Homework Statement [/B] Derive expressions for the magnitude and direction of the electric field at point P and the potential at R. Charges Q1 and Q2 are both positive. Distance from Q1 to P is h, distance from Q2 to P is √2 h Homework Equations E = k q/r^2 The Attempt at a Solution I...- tarkin
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- Charges Electric Electric field Field Multiple Point Point charges
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Classical mechanics electrostatics and charges
Homework Statement hi i was doing a practice physics junior olympiad paper when i got stuck in question 11 in this link [/B] https://www.scribd.com/document/244111815/SJPO-2013-Special-Round-pdf Edit by moderator: Inserted relevant extract of the PDF so that helpers do not have to...- timetraveller123
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- Charges Classical Classical mechanics Electrostatics Mechanics
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Electric field at a point affected by two charges
Homework Statement (a) What is the strength of the electric field at the position indicated by the dot? (b) What is the direction of the electric field at the position indicated by the dot? Specify direction as an angle measured ccw from the positive x-axis. ##Q_{1} = 4.0 C## ##Q_{2} = 9.0...- pbj_sweg
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- Charge Charges Electric Electric field Electricity Field Point Statics
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Getting direction of force of two point charges on a third
Homework Statement What is the direction of the force F on the -10 nC charge in the figure? Give your answer as an angle measured cw from the +x-axis. Express your answer using two significant figures. Homework Equations ##F = k\frac{Qq}{r^2}## The Attempt at a Solution I started by getting...- cmkluza
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Capacitance and induced charges
Homework Statement Two large parallel metal plates are oriented horizontally and separated by a distance 3d. A grounded conducting wire joins them, and initially each plate carries no charge. Now a third identical plate carrying charge Q is inserted between the two plates, parallel to them and...- WWCY
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- Capacitance Charges Induced
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Calculating Two Unknown Charges from a Tripole
Homework Statement Written Problem: Summing the Electric Field Three point charges q1, q2, and q3 are placed along a straight vertical line to create a “tripole”. At point P, which is directly to the right of q1, the net electric field is exactly zero. We also know that q1 = 1 μC. b) Write a...- Ryan Sandoval
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Given Two Point Charges, Find the charge at Point 0 as x,y
Homework Statement Two point charges are placed on the x axis. The first charge, q1 = 8.00 nC , is placed a distance 16.0 m from the origin along the positive x axis; the second charge, q2 = 6.00 nC , is placed a distance 9.00 m from the origin along the negative x axis. Photo shown by...- vr0nvr0n
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- Charge Charges Point Point charges
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Is Electricity the Same as the Motion of Electrons or Charges?
Is electricity really the motion of electrons or charges? I'm kind of confused about the distinct differences. Any extra information would be greatly appreciated. I'd love to learn as much detail about this stuff as I can! Thank you!- egio
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Do charges accelerate because their field lines are changed?
I ask this because of this diagram. Say that two charges are held a certain distance apart and are let go. Well, we see that the field lines of one charge repels the other. And I noticed that the field lines for an accelerating charge also bends. So can we say that because one field...- FallenApple
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- Accelerate Charges Field Field lines Lines
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Work done in assembling a system of charges
Homework Statement Hi, everyone. I have a square and on each vertex of the square is a point charge of "+q". The square has a side length of "r" and these four charges form a system. My problem says to find the work required to assemble the charges shown above, bringing each charge in from...- RoboNerd
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- Charge Charges Field System Work Work done
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Electric field question -- Charges....
When a charge placed at anywhere,then it produces a powerful field around itself,is called electric field. It is exist whenever charge exist.And charge takes very very small time in propagate electric field.- Tanmay Gupta
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- Charges Electric Electric field Field
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Electric potential at a point due to two charges
Homework Statement What is the electric potential at P due to charges Q1 and Q2...- Schaus
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- Charges Electric Electric field Electric potential Physics Point Potential
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Why don't induced charges cancel each other out?
If you bring a positive charge near a thin conducting sheet, it will induce a negative charge on the side nearest to the charge. And in order for the conducting sheet to remain electrically neutral, a positive charge of equal magnitude will be induced on the other side. How could the conductor...- OmegaKV
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I Magnetic Charges & Lorentz Invariance: Finding Papers
How to find some papers on Lorentz invariant extensioning of standard electromagnetism that include magnetic charges- nenyan
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- Charges Invariance Lorentz Lorentz invariance Magnetic
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What type of charges in currents produce a magnetic field?
Homework Statement Is a current that produces a magnetic field always going to be either an electron or a proton?- Vitani11
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- Charges Currents Field Magnetic Magnetic field Type
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What charge would have to be fixed at the origin?
Homework Statement A ball of mass m is attached to a rope of length L which has one end at the origin; the ball moves in a horizontal circle at constant speed v0 on a frictionless plane; the velocity is always at 90◦ to the rope. The ball has a charge q, and moves in a constant magnetic field...- TRVSA
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- Charge Charges Circular motion Magnetic field Origin Tension
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Two point charges and electric potential difference
Homework Statement In an experiment modeling point charges I had to find equipotential lines. I did so using a voltmeter. The results looked like this: Not a good quality picture, but the equipotential line on the right says 1.3 mV and the one on the left says 2.3mV. From this I had to...- NihalRi
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- Charges Difference Electric Electric potential Electric potential difference Point Point charges Potential Potential difference
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