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I am working on the following.
A point charge of √3Q is at point (3a, a, 2a)
Find charge at (2a, 2a, 3a)
I'm using Coulomb's Law
E(r) = q / 4∏ε0 (r-r0)3 (lr-r0l
& can get through most of it, but looking at my book I can't see why the last step occurs. See attachment.
I can find r-ro & its magnitude lr-r0l as well, so can sub into the equation.
r = (2a, 2a, 3a)
r0 = (2a, 2a, 3a)
r-r0 = (-a, a, a)
lr-r0l = √ -1)2 +1)2 +1)2 = √3
E(r) = √3q / 4∏ε0 (3a)3 (-a, a, a)
Then the answer is
E(r) = q / 4∏ε0 (√3)2 (-?a, ?a, ?a) How do you change this, mathematically, from the line above?
Can't see the wood for trees again, I expect, but I need a bit of a memory jog, please.
A point charge of √3Q is at point (3a, a, 2a)
Find charge at (2a, 2a, 3a)
I'm using Coulomb's Law
E(r) = q / 4∏ε0 (r-r0)3 (lr-r0l
& can get through most of it, but looking at my book I can't see why the last step occurs. See attachment.
I can find r-ro & its magnitude lr-r0l as well, so can sub into the equation.
r = (2a, 2a, 3a)
r0 = (2a, 2a, 3a)
r-r0 = (-a, a, a)
lr-r0l = √ -1)2 +1)2 +1)2 = √3
E(r) = √3q / 4∏ε0 (3a)3 (-a, a, a)
Then the answer is
E(r) = q / 4∏ε0 (√3)2 (-?a, ?a, ?a) How do you change this, mathematically, from the line above?
Can't see the wood for trees again, I expect, but I need a bit of a memory jog, please.
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