Question
A 1 μC point charge is held at the origin of a cartesian coordinate system. If a second point charge of 10 μC is moved from (0, 10, 0) to (5, 5, 5) and subsequently to (5, 0, 0), then the total work done is _________ mJ. (Round off to 2 decimal places). Take in SI units. All coordinates are in meters.
Answer :
9
Given, q1 = 1 μC, q2 = 10 μC
Let r1 be the distance the two-point charges one placed placed at (0, 0, 0) and other at (0, 10 , 0)
r1 = 10 m
Let r2 be the final distance between the two-point charges one placed at origin (0, 0, 0) and other at (5, 0, 0)
r2 = 5 m
Total work done in moving the pont charge from (0, 0, 0) to (5, 0, 0) is
W = 9 mJ
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