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Determine the electrostatic potential energy of a system consisting of two charges 7 muC and - 2 muC(and with no external field) placed at (-9 cm, 0, 0) and (9 cm, 0, 0) respectively.

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Solution :The ELECTROSTATIC potential energy of TWO CHARGES `q_(1) q_(2)` at distance r,
WHERER=(9,0,0) - (-9,0,0)CM
r=18 cm = 0.18 m
`U= (kq_(1)q_(2))/(r)`
`= (9xx10^(9)xx7xx10^(-6)xx(-2)xx10^(-6))/(0.18)`
`:. U = -0.7 J`


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