Consider an equilateral triangle 123 having each side length equal to 0.2 m. Let the uniform point charges with charge q = +10 nC be placed on vertices 1, 2, and 3. Find the resultant electric force on the charge at vertex 2. A 3.9× 10-N B 2.25× 10-5N 3.38×10-5N 2.0× 10-N

Consider an equilateral triangle 123 having each side length equal to 0.2 m. Let the uniform point charges with charge q = +10 nC be placed on vertices 1, 2, and 3. Find the resultant electric force on the charge at vertex 2. A 3.9× 10-N B 2.25× 10-5N 3.38×10-5N 2.0× 10-N

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Consider an equilateral triangle 123 having each side length equal to 0.2 m. Let the uniform point charges with charge q = +10
nC be placed on vertices 1, 2, and 3. Find the resultant electric force on the charge at vertex 2.
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3.9× 10-N
B
2.25× 10-5N
3.38×10-5N
2.0× 10-N

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