Three-point charges are placed at the corners of the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side length 20 cm. If the first charge = (4.5 nC) located at the top corner, the second charge = (2 nC) located at the bottom-left corner, the third charge = (6 nC) located at the bottom-right corner, calculate the potential difference and the amount of work required to move the charges to the center of the triangle from the places where the charges are located.

Three-point charges are placed at the corners of the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side length 20 cm. If the first charge = (4.5 nC) located at the top corner, the second charge = (2 nC) located at the bottom-left corner, the third charge = (6 nC) located at the bottom-right corner, calculate the potential difference and the amount of work required to move the charges to the center of the triangle from the places where the charges are located.

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