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A small positive test charge of 0.02C is situated 1.5m away from a positive charge of 1C and 4.2m away from a second positive charge of 14C. What is the total potential energy of the test charge. The coulomb constant K = 9E9. Give your answer in GigaJoules (GJ)
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