Para el par de ejemplos cuasi-resueltos que aparecen a

continuación, la idea es que los transcriba (a mano), paso a

paso, incluyendo las ilustraciones.

Paso 1: Traduzca adecuadamente al español, los

enunciados y las consideraciones/explicaciones incluidas.

Paso 2: Complete la resolución de manera detallada

(álgebra, sustitución de cantidades con sus unidades y
análisis de las mismas: tal como lo hacemos en clase).

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 Example: Four Charges (1)
▪ Consider a system of four
point charges as shown. The
four point charges have the
values q1 =+1.0 C, q2 = +2.0 C,
q3 = -3.0 C, and q4 = +4.0 C.
The charges are placed such
that a = 6.0 m and b = 4.0 m.
Question:
What is the electric potential
energy of this system of four
point charges?

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 Example: Four Charges (2)
▪ Start: Bring in q1 from infinity
• No work required
▪ Bring in q2 from infinity q2 q4
qq
U =k 1 2
a

▪ Bring in q3 from infinity a

q1q2 q1q3 q2 q3
U =k +k +k q1 q3
a b a 2 + b2

▪ Bring in q4 from infinity b

q1q2 q1q3 q2 q3 q1q4 q2 q4 q3q4
U =k +k +k +k +k +k
a b a +b
2 2
a +b
2 2 b a

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 Example: Four Charges (3)

Energy of the complete assembly:

 q1q2 q1q3 q1q4

U =k + +
 a b a 2 + b2
q2 q3 q2 q4 q3q4 
+ + + 
a +b
2 2 b a 

= sum of pairs

OJO: Aquí falta algo de álgebra, sustitución

de cantidades con sus unidades, análisis de
las mismas, para llegar al resultado → Answer: 1.2 x 10 -3 J

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 Example: Superposition of Electric
Potential (1)
▪ Assume we have a system of
three point charges:
q1 = +1.50 C
q2 = +2.50 C
q3 = -3.50 C
▪ q1 is located at (0,a)
q2 is located at (0,0)
q3 is located at (b,0)
a = 8.00 m and b = 6.00 m
Question: What is the electric
potential at point P located at
(b,a)?

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 Example: Superposition of Electric
Potential (2)
r1
Answer:
▪ The electric potential at point P is
given by the sum of the electric r2 r3
potential from the three charges
3
kqi  q1 q2 q3   q1 q2 q3 
V = = k + +  = k + + 
i=1 ri  r1 r2 r3  b a +b
2 2 a

 −6 −6 −6

(
V = 8.99 109 N/C ) 1.50
 6.00 m
10 C
+
2.50 10 C
+
−3.50 10 C 
8.00 m 
 (8.00 m ) + (6.00 m )
2 2

OJO: No olvide hacer el análisis de unidades, ya que por
V = 562 V
ahí existe una inconsistencia: ¿ya la vió?
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