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Consider the arrangement of three point charges in a right triangle shown in the figure, which have charges q1 = 5.5 μC, q2 = -61 μC, and q3 = 35 μC. The distance between q1 and q2 is 39 cm and the distance between q2 and q3 is 78 cm.
Part a How much potential energy, in joules, is stored in this configuration of charges?
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