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What is the amount of work done to bring a charge of 4*10^-3C charge from infinity to a point whose electric potential is 2*10^2V?(a) 0.8J(b) -0.8J(c) 1.6J(d) -0.4JThe question was posed to me during an interview for a job.Enquiry is from Electrostatic Potential due to a Point Charge topic in portion Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance of Physics – Class 12

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Correct answer is (a) 0.8J

The best I can EXPLAIN: Work done = potential*charge by DEFINITION. We know that the potential of a POINT is the amount of work done to bring a UNIT charge from infinity to a certain point. Therefore, work done W=q*V=4*10^-3*200J=0.8J. The work done is positive in this case.



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