Four point charges are located at the comers of a square. Each charge has magnitude 3.10 nC and the square has sides of length 3.00 cm. Find the magnitude of the electric field (in N/C) at the center of the square if all of the charges are positive and three of the charges are positive and one is negative. HINT (a) all the charges are positive N/C (b) three of the charges are positive and one is negative N/C

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Four point charges are located at the comers of a square. Each charge has magnitude 3.10 nC and the square has sides of length 3.00 cm. Find the
magnitude of the electric field (in N/C) at the center of the square if all of the charges are positive and three of the charges are positive and one is
negative.
HINT
(a) all the charges are positive
N/C
(b) three of the charges are positive and one is negative
N/C
Transcribed Image Text:Four point charges are located at the comers of a square. Each charge has magnitude 3.10 nC and the square has sides of length 3.00 cm. Find the magnitude of the electric field (in N/C) at the center of the square if all of the charges are positive and three of the charges are positive and one is negative. HINT (a) all the charges are positive N/C (b) three of the charges are positive and one is negative N/C
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Given :

Charge (q) = 3.10 nC = 3.10 x 10-9 C

Length (l) = 3.00 cm = 0.03 m 

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