Practice Problem on Electric Field for Point Charges



  Q1=+1 micro-C - o--------o Q2=+9 micro-C
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            2cm | |        |
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             P3 - o--------o Q4=+3 micro-C
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3 charges are arranged on a rectangle as shown above. What is the electric field at P3? Give the x and y components, the magnitude, and the direction. Specify the electric field to three significant places and the angle to the nearest integer. Use the convention that right is 0 degrees, up is 90 degrees, left is 180 degrees, and down is 270 degrees.

ANSWER = ( Ex = -1.39e+8 N/C, Ey = -9.40e+7 N/C, |E| = 1.68e+8 N/C, angle = 214 degrees )