How Is Electric Potential Calculated Above a Charged Ring?

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Homework Statement


What is the electric potential a distance x above the center of a ring of charge Q with a radius R? Derive the electric field from this relationship.

Homework Equations



ΔVab=-∫E·ds


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Every particle on the ring is equally distant from the point where the potential is being calculated. How would you calculate the speed due to one particle at a certain distance?
 
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