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The electric field midway between two equal but opposite point charges is 715 N/C , and...

The electric field midway between two equal but opposite point charges is 715 N/C , and the distance between the charges is 29.7 cmcm . What is the magnitude of the charge on each?

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The electric field at the midpoint will be along the same direction due to the two charges. We use this to find the required magnitude of the charge as shown below

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