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AP Physics C: E&M
8.3 Electric Fields
8.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
IntermediateMCQMathematicalProportional Analysis19.9k
Initial and modified charge configurations on an equilateral triangle.
Initial and modified charge configurations on an equilateral triangle.
Three point charges, each with charge \(+q\), are initially fixed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle with side length \(d\). The net electrostatic force on any one of the charges has magnitude \(F_i\). The charge at one vertex is then replaced by a charge of \(-q\), while the remaining two charges remain \(+q\). What is the ratio \(F_f / F_i\) of the new net electrostatic force magnitude \(F_f\) on one of the remaining \(+q\) charges to its initial magnitude \(F_i\), and what is the direction of this new net force?

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