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Potential Energy of a Dipole in Uniform Electric Field

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What is the work done in moving a test charge q through a distance of 1 cm along the equatorial axis of an electric dipole

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At every point on equatorial axis, the potential is zero, so work done
$W = q Δ V = 0 (z e r o) .$

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