Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
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Chapter 22 - Electric Fields - Problems - Page 654: 18

Answer

$E_{\text {next }}=q d^3 / 4 \pi \varepsilon_0 z^5$.

Work Step by Step

$ \begin{aligned} E & =\frac{q}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 z^2}\left(\left(1+\frac{d}{z}+\frac{3}{4} \frac{d^2}{z^2}+\frac{1}{2} \frac{d^3}{z^3}+\ldots\right)-\left(1-\frac{d}{z}+\frac{3}{4} \frac{d^2}{z^2}-\frac{1}{2} \frac{d^3}{z^3}+\ldots\right)\right) \\ & =\frac{q d}{2 \pi \varepsilon_0 z^3}+\frac{q d^3}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 z^3}+\ldots \end{aligned} $ Therefore, in the terminology of the problem, $E_{\text {next }}=q d^3 / 4 \pi \varepsilon_0 z^5$.
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