After completing this chapter, you should be able to
1. Demonstrate by definition and example your understanding of electric potential energy, electric potential, and electric potential difference.
2. Compute the potential energy of a known charge at a given distance from other known charges and state whether the energy is negative or positive.
3. Compute the absolute potential at any point in the vicinity of a number of known charges.
4. Use your knowledge of potential difference to calculate the work required to move a known charge from any point A to another point B in an electric field created by one or more point charges.
5. Write and apply a relationship between the electric field intensity, the potential difference, and the plate separation for parallel plates of equal and opposite charge.
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