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AP Physics C: E&M
9.1 Electric Potential Energy
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An equilateral triangle with side length d is drawn with thin lines. Three filled black circles representing positive point charges, each labeled +q, are positioned at the three vertices. A dashed gray line with an arrowhead extends from the top vertex to the geometric center of the triangle, where a small hollow dotted circle indicates the new position. A dimension line labeled d marks the bottom side of the triangle. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Initial position of charges at the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
Three identical point charges, each with charge \(+q\), are initially fixed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle with side length \(d\). The distance from any vertex to the center of the triangle is \(\dfrac{d}{\sqrt{3}}\). An external agent slowly moves one of the charges from its vertex to the center of the triangle while the other two charges remain fixed at their original positions. How much work is done by the external agent to move the charge to the center?

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