Electrostatic Potential Energy
April 5th
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The cart is held at rest.
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The cart is released.
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The cart is held at rest.
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The cart is released.
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Where did the cart gets its kinetic energy from?
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Where did this energy come from?
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Electrostatic energy: energy stored in the interaction between two objects with extra positive or negative particles.
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The electrostatic energy is represented by:
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Uq =k ×q1 ×q2
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