Two small solid metal spheres A and B have equal radii and are in a vacuum. Their centres are apart. Sphere A has charge
and sphere B has charge
. The arrangement is illustrated in the figure below.
Point P lies on the line joining the centres of the spheres and is a distance of from the centre of sphere A.
Calculate the electric potential at point P.
A silver-107 nucleus () has speed
when it is a long distance from point P. Use your answer in (a) to calculate the minimum value of speed
such that the nucleus can reach point P.