The figure below shows a system consisting of three point charges, 9₁ = -0.691 µC, q2 = +0.235 µC, and 93 = -0.691 µC at the vertices of a right triangle of base b = 0.312 cm and height h = 0.498 cm. Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field at point P, which is halfway between charges q₁ and 93. Hint: First find the angle, 8, made between the base, b, and the line extending from 92 to point P. 92 b

The figure below shows a system consisting of three point charges, 9₁ = -0.691 µC, q2 = +0.235 µC, and 93 = -0.691 µC at the vertices of a right triangle of base b = 0.312 cm and height h = 0.498 cm. Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field at point P, which is halfway between charges q₁ and 93. Hint: First find the angle, 8, made between the base, b, and the line extending from 92 to point P. 92 b

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The figure below shows a system consisting of three point charges, 9₁ = -0.691 µC, q2 = +0.235 µC, and 93 =
-0.691 µC at the vertices of a right triangle of base b = 0.312 cm and height h = 0.498 cm. Find the magnitude
and direction of the electric field at point P, which is halfway between charges q₁ and 93. Hint: First find the
angle, 8, made between the base, b, and the line extending from 92 to point P.
92
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