Topic 10.4 Electric Potential Energy

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What is the electric potential energy of a system of two point charges?

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It equals the amount of work required for an external force to bring the point charges to their current positions from infinitely far away.

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How can the total electric potential energy of a system be determined?

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By finding the sum of the electric potential energies of the individual interactions between each pair of charged objects in the system.