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AP Physics C: E&M
9.2 Electric Potential
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A three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system showing x, y, and z axes meeting at an origin. A thin circular ring of radius R lies flat in the xy-plane, centered at the origin. An angle theta is indicated in the xy-plane measured counterclockwise from the positive x-axis to a point on the ring. A point labeled P lies on the positive z-axis at a height z above the origin. A straight dashed line segment connects a point on the ring at angle theta to point P on the z-axis, with the segment labeled r. A curved arrow along the ring shows the angle theta starting from the x-axis. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A thin ring of radius \(R\) in the \(xy\)-plane centered at the origin with point \(P\) on the \(z\)-axis.
A thin ring of radius \(R\) lies in the \(xy\)-plane and is centered at the origin. The ring carries a non-uniform linear charge density given by \(\lambda(\theta) = \lambda_0 \cos(2\theta)\), where \(\theta\) is the azimuthal angle measured counterclockwise from the positive \(x\)-axis and \(\lambda_0\) is a positive constant. Which of the following expressions correctly gives the electric potential \(V(z)\) as a function of position \(z\) along the central \(z\)-axis, relative to \(V = 0\) at infinity?

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