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This small group activity is designed to help upper-division undergraduate students learn how to calculate the electrostatic potential field due to a distribution of discrete charges. Students calculate the electrostatic potential field generated by a two charges using superposition and the definition of |r-r'|. The wrap-up discussion addresses how the superposition principle is used and what |r-r'| means geometrically in a specfic problem.
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=13553">Manogue, Corinne. Paradigms in Physics: Potential Due to a Pair of Charges - Part 1. Corvallis: Paradigms in Physics Program, August 7, 2014.</a>
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C. Manogue, (Paradigms in Physics Program, Corvallis, 2007), WWW Document, (http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities:guides:vfvpoints2).
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C. Manogue, Paradigms in Physics: Potential Due to a Pair of Charges - Part 1 (Paradigms in Physics Program, Corvallis, 2007), <http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities:guides:vfvpoints2>.
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Manogue, C. (2014, August 7). Paradigms in Physics: Potential Due to a Pair of Charges - Part 1. Retrieved January 25, 2026, from Paradigms in Physics Program: http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities:guides:vfvpoints2
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Manogue, Corinne. Paradigms in Physics: Potential Due to a Pair of Charges - Part 1. Corvallis: Paradigms in Physics Program, August 7, 2014. http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities:guides:vfvpoints2 (accessed 25 January 2026).
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Manogue, Corinne. Paradigms in Physics: Potential Due to a Pair of Charges - Part 1. Corvallis: Paradigms in Physics Program, 2007. 7 Aug. 2014. 25 Jan. 2026 <http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities:guides:vfvpoints2>.
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Author = "Corinne Manogue",
Title = {Paradigms in Physics: Potential Due to a Pair of Charges - Part 1},
Publisher = {Paradigms in Physics Program},
Volume = {2026},
Number = {25 January 2026},
Month = {August 7, 2014},
Year = {2007}
}
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