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| ===== Plotting Electric Potential with Wolfram Alpha ===== | ===== Plotting Electric Potential with Wolfram Alpha ===== | ||
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| Try to answer the following questions, based on what you read in the notes and the 3D plot: | Try to answer the following questions, based on what you read in the notes and the 3D plot: | ||
| *What does the (x^2+y^2)^(1/ | *What does the (x^2+y^2)^(1/ | ||
| + | *What do the {x, | ||
| *Where is the charge located? Can you change where the charge is located (i.e., move the charge to x=2, y=3)? | *Where is the charge located? Can you change where the charge is located (i.e., move the charge to x=2, y=3)? | ||
| *How do you know the charge is positive? Can you change the code to be negative instead? | *How do you know the charge is positive? Can you change the code to be negative instead? | ||
| *How would you increase the amount of charge in the code? What changes about the graph? | *How would you increase the amount of charge in the code? What changes about the graph? | ||