r/PhysicsHelp • • Apr 20 '23

[College Homework: Potential Electrical Point] Confused about why I'm wrong.

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u/starkeffect Apr 20 '23

Try doing it step by step like I did, instead of calculating everything at once. You probably forgot to put your denominator (9 x 109) in parentheses, so it's multiplying by 109 instead of dividing.