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Three point charges, two positive and one negative, each having a magnitude of 20 mC are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle (30 cm on a side). What is the magnitude of the electrostatic force on one of the positive charges?
 a. 69 N
  b. 40 N
  c. 80 N
  d. 57 N
  e. 20 N

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Three point charges, two positive and one negative, each having a magnitude of 20 mC are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle (30 cm on a side). What is the magnitude of the electrostatic force on the negative charge?
 a. 80 N
  b. 40 N
  c. 69 N
  d. 57 N
  e. 75 N



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Answer to Question 1

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