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Eight charges, each of magnitude q are placed at the vertices of a cube placed in vacuum. Electric potential at the centre of the cube due to this system of charges is:

( ε0 is permittivity of vacuum and a is length of each side of the cube)

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A charge Q is uniformly distributed over a long rod AB of length L as shown in the figure. The electric potential at the point O lying at a distance L from the end A is :


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[Note k=14πε0

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What is the minimum value of v for which the particle will escape infinitely far away from the origin?

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A positive charge is moved from A to B in each diagram.

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The total potential at a point at distance r from their common centre, where r<a, would be:
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