An electric field can be created by a single charge or adistribution of charges. The electric field a distance from a pointcharge has magnitude.
The electric field points away from positive charges and towardnegative charges. A distribution of charges creates an electricfield that can be found by taking the vector sum of the fieldscreated by individual point charges. Note that if a charge isplaced in an electric field created by , will not significantlyaffect the electric field if it is small compared to .
Imagine an isolated positive point charge with a charge (many timeslarger than the charge on a single electron).
If the total positive charge is = 1.62Ã10-6 , what is the magnitudeof the electric field caused by this charge at point P, a distance= 1.53 from the charge?
An electric field can be created by a single charge or adistribution of charges. The electric field a distance from a pointcharge has magnitude.
The electric field points away from positive charges and towardnegative charges. A distribution of charges creates an electricfield that can be found by taking the vector sum of the fieldscreated by individual point charges. Note that if a charge isplaced in an electric field created by , will not significantlyaffect the electric field if it is small compared to .
Imagine an isolated positive point charge with a charge (many timeslarger than the charge on a single electron).
If the total positive charge is = 1.62Ã10-6 , what is the magnitudeof the electric field caused by this charge at point P, a distance= 1.53 from the charge?