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(a) Find the electric potential, taking zero at infinity, at the upper right corner (the corner without a charge) of the rectangle in the figure. (Let x = 5.90 cm and y = 4.00 cm.) V

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2.00 µC
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(a) Find the electric potential, taking zero at infinity, at the upper right corner (the corner without a charge) of the rectangle in the figure. (Let x
= 5.90 cm and y = 4.00 cm.)
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(b) Repeat if the 2.00-µC charge is replaced with a charge of -2.00 µC.
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