Calculate the net force on charge number 3

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Please Help Me :(

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You didn't mention the orientation of the charges.

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thats all it gives me on the homework

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you need atleast the distance between them to find the force.Pls check the question.

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as cibychak said, you need the distance for this to use in coulombs law

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what do i need to measure?

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You need to measure the force on each charge by the other 2 charges, (total 6 forces). after that get the sum of all the forces which will be the net force.

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im confused what distance do i need to measure?

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distance of charges from eachother.

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can u help me if i measure them?

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probably

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wait 1 sec please..measuring

anonymous · Answer

you shouldn't measure it by yourself. the question must give it to you

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the question does not give it to me, i believe the point of the assignment was for me to measure it by hand.  Should i measure from the center of one charge to the center of the other charge?

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No that's not a good idea. maybe ask your lecturer or your classmates first.

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Thats the purpose of the assignment....

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well lets just go with it and ill tell u the measurements, ok?

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