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Four charges are placed at the corners of a square as shown in the figure. What is the total electric potential at the center of the square?

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Four charges are placed at the corners of a square as shown
in the figure. What is the total electric potential at the center +2q
of the square?
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O 2√2kq/d
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O Zero
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