Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 24 - Electric Potential - Problems - Page 711: 25a

Answer

$V=-2.3V$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $V=\frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_{\circ}}(\frac{Q_1}{R}-\frac{6Q_1}{R})$ $V=-\frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_{\circ}}\frac{5Q_1}{R}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $V=-8.99\times 10^9(\frac{5(4.20\times 10^{-12})}{8.2\times 10^{-2}})=-2.3V$
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