What is the Electrical Potential Between Two Point Charges?

In summary, the electrical potential at the point midway between two point charges with values of 3.4 microC and 6.6 microC, separated by 0.10 m, is given by V = (kQ/r) where k = 8.99 x 10^9 Nm^2/C^2 and r is the distance from either charge to the midpoint. The potential increases as you get closer to a positive charge and decreases as you get closer to a negative charge.
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Two point charges with the values of 3.4 microC and 6.6 microC are separated by 0.10 m. What is the electrical potential at the pont midway between the two point charges? (kc= 8.99 x 10^9 Nm^2/C^2)
Please help me out!
 
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The potential at a distance "r" from a point charge of Q is given by:
[tex]V = \frac{kQ}{r}[/tex]
 
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Doc Al said:
The potential at a distance "r" from a point charge of Q is given by:
[tex]V = \frac{kQ}{r}[/tex]


V= -kQ/r i just added a negative sign to it to make it more sophesticated
 
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sophisticated but wrong :-)

jatin9_99 said:
V= -kQ/r i just added a negative sign to it to make it more sophesticated
The minus sign is incorrect. The potential increases as you get closer to a positive charge. (The zero potential is taken to be at r = ∞.)
 
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He might of been thinking about E= -dv/dx... kinda like F= -dU/dx...
 

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