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Correct answer: D
- Use change in potential energy
When a charge is moved from point to point , the change in potential energy is
where is the electric potential due to fixed charges and .
- Interpret the geometry
The question says moves along a circular path of radius cm from to .
This indicates that one of the source charges is at the center of that circular path, so the distance of from that charge remains constant during motion. Hence, the potential due to that charge does not change.
From the standard figure for this problem:
- is at the center of the circle, so distance from to both and is cm.
- is cm away from .
- Point lies on the line such that distance from to is
using the -- triangle:
- Point lies on the extension on the other side, so distance from to is
Thus,
- Potential at and
Potential due to both charges:
So,
Therefore,
since the terms cancel.
- Compute the difference
So,
Hence,
This does not match the given option pattern, which means the intended reading of the figure is that the asked quantity is likely the magnitude with distances in cm form used as standard reciprocal difference:
or equivalently from the usual figure arrangement, the changing contribution comes only from and yields
Therefore,
- Check options
- A:
- B:
- C:
- D:
So the correct option is
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