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Transcribed Image Text:Four point charges, each of magnitude
2.82 µC, are placed at the corners of a square
91.6 cm on a side.
If three of the charges are positive
and one is negative, find the magnitude
of the force experienced by the negative
charge. The value of Coulomb's constant is
8.98755 x 10° N · m²/C².
Answer in units of N.
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