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AP Physics 2
10.3 Electric Fields
10.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
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Dipole aligned along the x-axis in a non-uniform electric field.
Dipole aligned along the x-axis in a non-uniform electric field.
A dipole consists of two point charges, \(-q\) and \(+q\), connected by a rigid insulating rod of length \(d\). The dipole is aligned along the x-axis in a region where the electric field points in the \(+x\)-direction with a position-dependent magnitude \(E(x) = C x\), where \(C\) is a positive constant. The charge \(-q\) is located at position \(x\), and the charge \(+q\) is located at position \(x + d\). What is the net electrostatic force vector \(\vec{F}_{\text{net}}\) exerted on the dipole by the electric field?

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