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Three point charges lie along a straight line, where and . The separation distances are and . Calculate the magnitude and direction of the net electric force on (a) (b) , and (c) .
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: the electrostatic force exerted by a point charge on a second point charge separated by a distance is directly proportional to the product of the two charges and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them:
where is Coulomb constant and is a unit vector directed from toward .
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