
Calculate the potential at the centre of a square of each side due to charges and at four corners of it.
Important Questions on Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Charges of are placed respectively at the corners and of a rectangle . Determine the potential at the corner . Given and .


Positive charges of and are placed at the three vertices of a square. What charge must be placed at the fourth vertex so that total potential at the centre of the square is zero?

Two equal charges, each are held fixed at a separation of . A third charge of equal magnitude is placed midway between the two charges. It is now moved to a point from both the charges. How much work is done by the electric field during the process?

is a right-angled triangle, where and are and respectively; a metal sphere of radius charged to a potential of is placed at . Find the amount of work done in carrying a positive charge of from to .

A uniform electric field of exists in the vertically downward direction, Determine the increase in the electric potential as one goes up through a height of .

A uniform electric field of exists along the -axis. Calculate the potential difference between the points and .

An electric field exists in free space. If the potential at the origin is taken zero, determine the potential at point
