Chapter 25: Q. 7 (page 709)
What is the electric potential energy of the group of charges in
FIGURE EX25.7?

Short Answer
The platform's restoring force is.
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Chapter 25: Q. 7 (page 709)
What is the electric potential energy of the group of charges in
FIGURE EX25.7?

The platform's restoring force is.
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Charge is distance from a positive point charge . Charge is distance from . What is the ratio of their potential energies due to their interactions with ?
Charge is distance from the negative plate of a parallel-plate capacitor. Charge is distance from the negative plate. What is the ratio of their potential energies?
A proton and an alpha particleare fired directly toward each other from far away, each with an initial speed of . What is their distance of closest approach, as measured between their centers?
charge and a charge are located on the x-axis at and , respectively.
a. Other than at infinity, is there a position or positions on the x-axis where the electric field is zero? If so, where?
b. Other than at infinity, at what position or positions on the x-axis is the electric potential zero?
c. Sketch graphs of the electric field strength and the electric potential along the x-axis.
In FIGURE EX25.26, a proton is fired with a speed of 200,000 m/s from the midpoint of the capacitor toward the positive plate.
a. Show that this is insufficient speed to reach the positive plate.
b. What is the proton’s speed as it collides with the negative plate?

FIGURE P25.66 shows two uniformly charged spheres.
What is the potential difference between points?
Which point is at the higher potential?

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