Ceenaya19
- 8
- 0
I'm doing this E&M problem for fun (I'll be taking the class this fall), but now it's just starting to get frustrating. I can't really post the problem because there is a diagram, but I'm not really looking to be given the actual solution anyway, so I'll describe it to you:
Two positive charges on the y-axis are acting on a single positive charge on the x-axis. The problem asks me to determine the x-position at which the single positive charge experiences the maximum force. I derived an expression to describe the superposition of the two positive electric forces on the single positive charge; then, to maximize it, I differentiated it, set it equal to zero, and solved for "x".
My answer does not match the answer in my textbook, but I can't think of any other way to do this problem; I always assumed that maximization was straightforward. So, could someone please point me in the right direction, conceptually? Thanks.
Two positive charges on the y-axis are acting on a single positive charge on the x-axis. The problem asks me to determine the x-position at which the single positive charge experiences the maximum force. I derived an expression to describe the superposition of the two positive electric forces on the single positive charge; then, to maximize it, I differentiated it, set it equal to zero, and solved for "x".
My answer does not match the answer in my textbook, but I can't think of any other way to do this problem; I always assumed that maximization was straightforward. So, could someone please point me in the right direction, conceptually? Thanks.