Question

Calculate the electric potential due to multiple charges.​

Answer 1

Answer:

We can find the electrostatic potential at any point due to each individual charge by considering the other charges absent. We then add all the charges algebraically. Hence, the electric potential at a point due to a group of point charges is the algebraic sum of all the potentials due to individual charges.

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Answer 2

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The electric potential (voltage) at any point in space produced by any number of point charges can be calculated from the point charge expression by simple addition since voltage is a scalar quantity. The potential from a continuous charge distribution can be obtained by summing the contributions from each point in the source charge.

The calculation of potential is inherently simpler than the vector sum required to calculate the electric field.



The electric field outside a spherically symmetric charge distribution is identical to that of a point charge as can be shown by Gauss' Law. So the potential outside a spherical charge distribution is identical to that of a point charge.