A parallel plate capacitor with a charge of +/-177nC has square plates length L=20.0cm across on each side. The plates are separated by a distance d=10.0cm. A positive +4.0microC point charge is held in place halfway between each plate on the right-most edge of the capacitor. While solving this problem ignore any distortion of the capacitor's electric field along its edges. A) What is the magnitude and direction of the capacitor's electric field at point P, which is midway between the plates and on the left-most edge of the capacitor B) What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field due to the +4.0 microC point charge at point P. C) What is the magnitude and direction of the net electric field at point P
A parallel plate capacitor with a charge of +/-177nC has square plates length L=20.0cm across on each side. The plates are separated by a distance d=10.0cm. A positive +4.0microC point charge is held in place halfway between each plate on the right-most edge of the capacitor. While solving this problem ignore any distortion of the capacitor's electric field along its edges.
A) What is the magnitude and direction of the capacitor's electric field at point P, which is midway between the plates and on the left-most edge of the capacitor
B) What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field due to the +4.0 microC point charge at point P.
C) What is the magnitude and direction of the net electric field at point P
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