Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 28 - The Electric Potential - Exercises and Problems - Page 833: 7

Answer

$U=4.77 \times 10^{-6} J \approx4.8 \times 10^{-6} J $

Work Step by Step

Electric potential Energy of 3 point charge $q_{1},q_{2},$ and $q_{3}$ is given as: $U=\frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_{0}}$[$\frac{q_{1}q_{2}}{r_{12}}+\frac{q_{2}q_{3}}{r_{23}}+\frac{q_{3}q_{1}}{r_{31}}]$ $=9\times 10^{9} [\frac{(2)(3)}{4}+\frac{(3)(3)}{5}+\frac{(3)(2)}{3}]\frac{10^{-18}}{10^{-2}}$ $=\frac{9\times 10^{-9}}{10^{-2}\times3}[\frac{6}{4}+\frac{9}{5}+\frac{6}{3}]$ Hence, $U=4.77 \times 10^{-6} J \approx4.8 \times 10^{-6} J$
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