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7 past-paper questions on Electric potential

  • 9702/42 · October/November 20243 marks

    Calculate the charge on the sphere.

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  • 9702/42 · May/June 20243 marks

    Two isolated charged metal spheres X and Y are near to each other in a vacuum. The centres of the spheres are 1.2m apart, as…

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  • 9702/41 · October/November 20243 marks

    Explain why it is not possible for the total electric potential and the resultant electric field to simultaneously be zero at…

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  • 9702/42 · October/November 20243 marks

    Determine an expression, in terms of m, q and V, for the momentum p of an electron in the beam.

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  • 9702/42 · May/June 20242 marks

    A proton is held at rest on the line joining the centres of the spheres in (b) at the position where x = 0.60 m. The proton is…

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  • 9702/41 · October/November 20242 marks

    State the relationship between electric field and electric potential.

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  • 9702/42 · May/June 20242 marks

    Define electric potential at a point.

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