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Three charges of 5 x 10^(-6) C are placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle of 10cm. Calculate force on each charge.
bobpursley
Add the two forces as Vectors. You can use arguments of symmetry to simplify it.

F=kQQ/s^2 * 2 cos30, the direction is along the vertex bisector.

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