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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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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


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