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Transcribed Image Text:Three charges are arranged as shown in the figure below. Find the magnitude and direction of the electrostatic force on the charge q = 5.30 nC at the origin. (Let r12 = 0.230 m.)
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0.100 m
-3.00 nC
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6.00 nC
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