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
+1Ccharges 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
qis 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
qand 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
qwould be in a state of equilibrium? [5 points]
