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AP Physics C: E&M
9.2 Electric Potential
8.4 Electric Fields of Charge Distributions
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A horizontal flat ellipse centered at the origin represents a circular ring of radius \(R\) lying in the horizontal plane, labeled \(Q\). A vertical dashed coordinate axis labeled \(z\) extends upward through the center of the ring. A solid dot is marked on the vertical axis at a height labeled \(z\) above the center of the ring. A single straight arrow labeled \(R\) extends horizontally from the center of the ring to the perimeter of the ellipse. A unit vector arrow labeled \(\hat{k}\) points vertically upward along the \(z\)-axis. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A uniformly charged circular ring of radius \(R\) centered at the origin.
A thin, nonconducting ring of radius \(R\) lies in the \(xy\)-plane centered at the origin and carries a positive charge \(Q\) distributed uniformly along its circumference. The electric potential at a point on the positive \(z\)-axis is given by \(V(z) = \dfrac{Q}{4\pi\varepsilon_0\sqrt{z^2 + R^2}}\). Using the relationship between electric potential and electric field, which of the following gives the electric field vector \(\vec{E}(z)\) on the positive \(z\)-axis and its correct first-order approximation in the limit \(z \gg R\)?

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