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AP Physics C: E&M
8.3 Electric Fields
8.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
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A point charge labeled +Q sits at the origin. A dashed radial line extends outward to the upper right at a 30 degree angle to the horizontal, ending at a center point labeled r from +Q. At this center point, a small electric dipole vector p is drawn as an arrow making an angle \theta with the dashed radial line. An outward unit vector \hat{r} is shown along the dashed line pointing away from +Q. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Electric dipole in the radial field of a point charge.
A small electric dipole of dipole moment magnitude \(p\) is located at a distance \(r\) from a fixed positive point charge \(+Q\). The dipole moment vector \(\vec{p}\) is oriented at an angle \(\theta\) relative to the outward radial unit vector \(\hat{r}\) pointing from \(+Q\) toward the center of the dipole. Which of the following expressions represents the radial component \(F_r\) of the net electric force acting on the dipole?

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