Eight identical point charges of Q C each are located at the corners of a cube of side length a, with one charge at the origin, and with the three nearest charges at (a, 0, 0), (0, a, 0), and (0, 0, a). Find an expression for the total vector force on the charge at P(a, a, a), assuming free space.

Eight identical point charges of Q C each are located at the corners of a cube of side length a, with one charge at the origin, and with the three nearest charges at (a, 0, 0), (0, a, 0), and (0, 0, a). Find an expression for the total vector force on the charge at P(a, a, a), assuming free space.

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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