Answer to Question #214058 in Electricity and Magnetism for Mncedisi

Question #214058

Two positive charges are separated by a distance R. If the distance between the charges is reduced to R/2, what happens to the total electric potential energy of the system

Expert's answer

"U=\\frac{kq_1q_2}{r},"

"U\\sim \\frac 1r,"

"U_2=2U_1."

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