Question

Three charges are at the corners of an equilateral triangle, as shown in the figure below. Calculate the electric field at a point midway between the two charges on the x-axis. (Let

q₁ = 2.00 μC,

q₂ = 2.00 μC,  and

q₃ = −3.50 μC.)

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Three charged particles lie in the x y-coordinate plane at the vertices of an equilateral triangle with side length 0.500 m.

• Positive charge q₂ is at the origin.
• Positive charge q₁ is in the first quadrant, along a line 60.0° counterclockwise from the positive x-axis.
• Negative charge q₃ is at (0.500, 0).

magnitude__________N/Cdirection     
direction____________° below the +x-axis

Answer 1

Solution in the uploaded image