?An electric dipole consists of two electric charges of equal magnitude and opposite

Chapter 11, Problem 33

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An electric dipole consists of two electric charges of equal magnitude and opposite sign. If the charges are \(q\) and \(-q\) and are located at a distance d from each other, then the electric field \(E\) at the point \(P\) in the figure is

                                                                 \(E=\frac{q}{D^{2}}-\frac{q}{(D+d)^{2}}\)

By expanding this expression for \(E\) as a series in powers of \(d / D\) show that \(E\) is approximately proportional to \(1 / D^{3}\) when \(P\) is far away from the dipole.

Equation Transcription:

Text Transcription:

q

-q

d

E

P

E=q/D^2-q/(D+d)^2

E

d/D

E

1/D^3

P

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