Three equal positive point charges (each charge ) are

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Three equal positive point charges (each charge ) are fixed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle that has sides of length a. The origin is at the midpoint of one side the triangle, the center of the triangle on the axis at and the vertex opposite the origin is on the axis at . (a) Express and in terms of a. (b) Write an expression for the electric field on the axis a distance from the origin on the interval 0 (c) Show that the expression you obtained in (b) gives the expected results for and for .

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