6.2 - Potential Due to a Point Charge
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What is electric potential?
💡 Hint: Think about energy and charges.
Write the formula for electric potential due to a point charge.
💡 Hint: Include constants and charge.
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What does electric potential represent?
💡 Hint: Consider the energy perspective.
The potential due to a point charge decreases with distance. True or False?
💡 Hint: Think about the formula's structure.
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A point charge of 10 µC is placed at the origin. Calculate the electric potential at a point 1.5 m away from the charge and explain how you derived your answer.
💡 Hint: Substitute values carefully into the formula.
Discuss how electric potential varies in a system with multiple point charges: If there are two charges, +5 µC and -5 µC, 1 meter apart, how does the potential at the midpoint compare to points equidistant but nearer to each charge?
💡 Hint: Think about vector addition versus scalar addition.
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