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MasteringPhysics: Print View with Answers

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Part A<br />

Find the potential at the point P, a distance x to the right of the rod.<br />

Express your answer in terms of the given quantities and appropriate constants.<br />

ANSWER:<br />

V =<br />

Also accepted: ,<br />

Part B<br />

Find the potential at the point R, a distance y above the right-hand end of the rod.<br />

Express your answer in terms of the given quantities and appropriate constants.<br />

ANSWER:<br />

V =<br />

Also accepted: ,<br />

Part C<br />

In part A, what does your result reduce to as x becomes much larger than a?<br />

Express your answer in terms of the given quantities and appropriate constants.<br />

ANSWER:<br />

V =<br />

Also accepted: ,<br />

Part D<br />

In part B, what does your result reduce to as y becomes much larger than a?

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