Consider three charges placed at three corners of a square as shown in the figure below (see figure (2).
q_(1)
and
q_(2)
are two identical
+1C
charges placed at the top-left and bottom-right corners of the square respectively. The length of each side of the square is
l
. The charge
q
is placed at the top-right corner. Assume that
q>0
. [10 points] (a) What is the force exerted by the charge
q_(1)
on
q
? (Mention both the magnitude and the direction.) [2 points] (b) What is the force exerted by the charge
q_(2)
on
q
? (Mention both the magnitude and the direction.) [2 points] (c) What is the distance between
q
and the point X? [1 points] (d) What charge could you place at the bottom-left corner (marked
x
) in the figure so that the unknown charge
q
would be in a state of equilibrium? [5 points]