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ExercisesElectric potential — definition V = −∫E·dl

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Do-charge problems ke liye geometry kuch is tarah dikhti hai — ise dhyan mein rakho:

Figure — Electric potential — definition V = −∫E·dl

Level 1 — Recognition

Recall Solution L1·Q1

KYA: Hum pooch rahe hain ki potentials kaise combine hote hain. Kyun matter karta hai: ek scalar hai, jo ek dot-product se bana hai jo pehle hi ek single number mein collapse ho chuka hai. Answer: Tum seedhe numbers add karte ho (unke signs ke saath), kabhi arrows nahi. Potential ka superposition hai — ordinary algebraic addition. Direction sirf mein hoti hai, mein nahi.

Recall Solution L1·Q2

V/m kyun legal hai: se (uniform field), field = (volts) ÷ (metres) = V/m. Aur , isliye V/m aur N/C same unit hain. Dono correct hain.


Level 2 — Application

Recall Solution L2·Q1

use karo (yeh se radially andar walk karne se derive hota hai jahan ): Sign check: positive charge ⇒ , aur ghatne par badh­ta hai. Correct.

Recall Solution L2·Q2

Uniform field ⇒ integral se bahar aa jaata hai, isliye (dekho Capacitance and parallel-plate fields (E = ΔV/d)): Direction: high-potential plate se low-potential plate ki taraf point karta hai ( mein field "neeche ki taraf" jaati hai).

Recall Solution L2·Q3

— har direction mein scalar ko differentiate karo aur sign flip karo (dekho Gradient operator ∇ and directional derivatives): par: V/m. Additive constant vanish ho jaata hai — sirf mein changes field produce karte hain.


Level 3 — Analysis

Recall Solution L3·Q1

Field dwara kaam (from Work–energy theorem in electrostatics): Analysis: number positive aaya — field ne motion mein help ki. Kyun? Ek negative charge zyada potential ki taraf push hoti hai (positive charge ke opposite), isliye bade tak jaana uske liye "neeche" jaana hai. ke sign ne sab kuch decide kiya.

Recall Solution L3·Q2

Scalar contributions add karo (superposition, koi arrows nahi). Dono charges se m dur hain:

= \frac{8.99\times10^{9}}{0.15}\left(4\times10^{-9} - 2\times10^{-9}\right). $$ $$ V_M = (5.993\times10^{10})(2\times10^{-9}) = 119.87\ \text{V}. $$ **Analysis:** negative charge *subtract* karta hai, isliye $V_M$ akele $+4$ nC se kam hai. Yahi wajah hai ki $V$ zero ya negative ho sakta hai jahan bhi $\mathbf{E}\neq 0$ ho.
Recall Solution L3·Q3

Maano point se distance par hai, to se door hai. set karo:

\;\Rightarrow\; \frac{4}{x} = \frac{2}{0.30-x}. $$ Cross-multiply karo: $4(0.30 - x) = 2x \Rightarrow 1.20 = 6x \Rightarrow x = 0.20$ m. **Analysis:** yahan $V=0$ hai, lekin $\mathbf{E}\neq 0$ — potential ek *sum* hai jo cancel ho sakta hai jabki vector field nahi hota. Zero potential ≠ zero field.

Level 4 — Synthesis

Recall Solution L4·Q1

(a) Bahar (): field point-like hai, to se integrate karne par milta hai par surface value hai .

(b) Andar (): yahan hai, isliye aur andar jaane par integral mein kuch nahi jud­ta: Kyun constant: zero field ka matlab zero slope hai, isliye andar flat hai — poora interior ek equipotential hai.

Centre par value:

Recall Solution L4·Q2

Saari potential energy kinetic energy mein convert ho jaati hai (from Work–energy theorem in electrostatics): Sign check: positive charge, positive , lower ki taraf jaata hai — energy release hoti hai, KE positive. Sahi hai.


Level 5 — Mastery

Recall Solution L5·Q1

Radially walk karo to :

= -\frac{\lambda}{2\pi\varepsilon_0}\ln\!\frac{r_b}{r_a}. $$ **Infinity kyun fail hoti hai:** agar $r_a$ ya $r_b \to \infty$, to $\ln(\infty)$ **diverge** karta hai — integral ki koi finite value nahi hai. Isliye tum yahan $V=0$ at $\infty$ nahi rakh sakte; ek finite reference radius choose karo. Sirf **difference** (ratio ka logarithm) physical hai. Yeh exactly parent ki infinite distributions ke baare mein warning hai.
Recall Solution L5·Q2

Yeh exactly Coulomb's field hai. Yeh kyun matter karta hai: do master relations aur perfect inverses hain — field integrate karo to milta hai, differentiate karo to field wapas milti hai. Minus signs cancel hokar ke liye correct outward-pointing field dete hain.

Recall Solution L5·Q3

Jhooth hai. Force (yaani slope) se aati hai, ki value se nahi. m par: dono charges ke fields same direction mein point karte hain us segment par ( se dur aur ki taraf dono direction mein hain), isliye woh add hote hain, cancel nahi: ek value hai; wahan ka gradient bada hai. Zero potential, strong field — is poore page ka mastery lesson yahi hai.


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