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Transcribed Image Text:Two charges of q₁1.9 μC and 92 = -2.9 μC are d = 0.46 m apart at two vertices of an equilateral triangle as in the figure below.
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(a) What is the electric potential due to the 1.9-μC charge at the third vertex, point P?
(b) What is the electric potential due to the -2.9-µC charge at P?
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(c) Find the total electric potential at P.
(d) What is the work required to move a 3.2-μC charge from infinity to P?
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