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9.3 Conservation of Electric Energy
9.1 Electric Potential Energy
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Three identical charges at the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
Three identical charges at the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
Three identical small particles, each having mass \(m\) and positive charge \(q\), are initially held at rest at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side length \(d\). In three separate scenarios, one or more particles are released from rest while any remaining particles are held fixed in place:

Case I: Only particle 1 is released, while particles 2 and 3 remain fixed.
Case II: Particles 1 and 2 are released simultaneously, while particle 3 remains fixed.
Case III: All three particles are released simultaneously.

Which of the following correctly ranks the final kinetic energy \(K_1\) of particle 1 after it has traveled infinitely far from the other particles?

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