Question

A charge of 4.5 × 10-5 C is placed in an electric field with a strength of 2.0 × 104 . If the charge is 0.030 m from the source of the electric field, what is the electric potential energy of the charge?

Answer 1

Answer:

The electrical potential energy is 0.027 Joules.

Explanation:

The values from the question are

charge (q) = $4.5 \times 10^{-5} C$

Electric Field strength (E) = $2.0 \times 10^{4} N/C$

Distance from source (d) = 0.030 m

Now the formula for the electrical potential energy (U) is given by

$U = q \times E \times d$

So now insert the values to find the answer

$U = 4.5 \times 10^{-5} C \times 2.0 \times 10^{4} N/C \times 0.030 m$

On further solving

$U = 0.027 J$