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AP Physics C: E&M
9.3 Conservation of Electric Energy
9.1 Electric Potential Energy
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Two identical charged particles on a frictionless horizontal surface.
Two identical charged particles on a frictionless horizontal surface.
Two identical particles, each of mass \(m\) and positive charge \(q\), are free to move on a frictionless, insulating horizontal surface. Initially, the particles are separated by a very large distance, with one particle at rest and the other moving directly toward it at speed \(v_0\). What is the minimum separation distance between the two particles?

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