Three charged particles are at the corners of an equilateral triangle as shown in the figure below. (Let q = 2.00 μC, and L = 0.550 m.) q: 7.00 με y 60.0° L 9 - x -4.00 μC (a) Calculate the electric field at the position of charge q due to the 7.00-μC and -4.00-μC charges. Once you calculate the magnitude of the field contribution from each charge you need to add these as vectors. KN/C 1 + Does the -4.00-μC charge contribute to the y component of the field at the origin? KN/C ĵ (b) Use your answer to part (a) to determine the force on charge q. If you know the electric field at a particular point, how do you find the force that acts on a charge at that point? mN I + Check units carefully. Note that the field in part (a) is given in kN/J and the force in this part is given in mN. mNĵ x

Three charged particles are at the corners of an equilateral triangle as shown in the figure below. (Let q = 2.00 μC, and L = 0.550 m.) q: 7.00 με y 60.0° L 9 - x -4.00 μC (a) Calculate the electric field at the position of charge q due to the 7.00-μC and -4.00-μC charges. Once you calculate the magnitude of the field contribution from each charge you need to add these as vectors. KN/C 1 + Does the -4.00-μC charge contribute to the y component of the field at the origin? KN/C ĵ (b) Use your answer to part (a) to determine the force on charge q. If you know the electric field at a particular point, how do you find the force that acts on a charge at that point? mN I + Check units carefully. Note that the field in part (a) is given in kN/J and the force in this part is given in mN. mNĵ x

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Chapter19: Electric Forces And Electric Fields

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