Consider three large sheets placed parallel to each other as shown in the figure. If the sheets carry uniform charge densities of o1=4.12 nC/m2, o2 =7.07 nC/m2 and o3 =-13.1 nC/m2 , find the magnitude of the electric field (in N/C) at point A. 01 02 O3 A

Consider three large sheets placed parallel to each other as shown in the figure. If the sheets carry uniform charge densities of o1=4.12 nC/m2, o2 =7.07 nC/m2 and o3 =-13.1 nC/m2 , find the magnitude of the electric field (in N/C) at point A. 01 02 O3 A

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