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Posted by Jim on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 8:24pm.

Two identical point charges are fixed to diagonally opposite corners of a square that is 0.6 m on a side. Each charge is +2.5 湣. How much work is done by the electric force as one of the charges moves to an empty corner?

Physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9:07pm
work=differenceinpotential*q

The potential starting is kQ/.6(sqrt2)
the potential ending is kQ/.6

work=kq/.6(.707-1)

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