At what angle of electric dipole moment with uniform electric field, potential energy is maximum??

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Q. An electric dipole of diploe moment

\to p

placed in uniform electric field

\to E

has maximum potential energy when angle between

\to p

and

\to E

An electric dipole when placed in a uniform electric field will have minimum potential energy, if the angle between dipole moment and electric field is

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V/m is applied to an electric dipole at angle of

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¯ p = (2.0^i + 3.0^j) μ C m

is placed in a uniform electric field

¯ E = (3.0^i + 2.0^k) \times 10^{5} N C^{- 1}

Q. A dipole with the magnitude of dipole moment 0.5 C-m is placed in an external uniform electric field of magnitude

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\to p

makes an angle of

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