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AP Physics 2
10.5 Electric Potential
10.4 Electric Potential Energy
AdvancedMCQGraphicalProportional AnalysisConceptual17.9k
A 2D Cartesian coordinate system showing an x-axis and y-axis intersecting at the origin (0,0). Two filled red circles labeled +Q are fixed on the x-axis, one at x = -d and the other at x = +d. A dashed horizontal line segment connects the two +Q charges along the x-axis. A third filled red circle labeled +q is positioned on the positive y-axis at location (0, y). A dashed vertical line segment extends along the y-axis from the origin to +q, labeled with distance y. Double-headed dashed dimension lines indicate the distance d from the origin to each +Q charge on the x-axis. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Two fixed charges +Q on the x-axis and a charge +q on the y-axis.
Two identical point particles, each with positive charge \(+Q\), are fixed on the \(x\)-axis at positions \(x = -d\) and \(x = +d\). A third point particle with positive charge \(+q\) is constrained to move along the \(y\)-axis and is placed at position \((0, y)\). Which of the following graphs best represents the total electric potential energy \(U_{\text{sys}}\) of the three-charge system as a function of the position \(y\)?

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