Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 20 - Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 721: 82

Answer

$q_3=-7.3\mu C$

Work Step by Step

We are given that at the origin, the electric potential is zero $\implies \frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_{\circ}}(\frac{q_1}{r_1}+\frac{q_2}{r_2}+\frac{q_3}{r_3})=0$ $\implies \frac{q_1}{r_1}+\frac{q_2}{r_2}+\frac{q_3}{r_3}=0$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{24.5\times 10^{-6}C}{7.61m}+\frac{-11.2\times 10^{-6}C}{8.13m}+\frac{q_3}{3.99m}=0$ This simplifies to: $q_3=-7.3\mu C$
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