Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 20 - Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 717: 16

Answer

(a) $515V$ (b) $183eV$

Work Step by Step

(a) We can find the electric potential at point C as follows: $U_C=2U_A-U_B$ $\implies -eV_C=2(-eV_A)-(-eV_B)$ This simplifies to: $V_C=2V_A-V_B$ $\implies V_C=2(332V)-(149V)$ $\implies V_C=515V$ (b) We can find the required kinetic energy as follows: $K_A=-eV_A-(-eV_C)$ $\implies K_A=e(V_C-V_A)$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $K_A=e(515V_332V)$ $\implies K_A=183eV$
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