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AP Physics C: E&M
8.3 Electric Fields
8.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
IntermediateMCQDrawing RepresentationsConceptual23.8k
An equilateral triangle outlined with thin dashed lines, oriented with a horizontal base and an apex pointing straight up. At the bottom-left vertex sits a shaded circular dot labeled +q. At the bottom-right vertex sits an identical shaded circular dot labeled +q. At the top apex sits a solid dark circular dot labeled -2q. At the centroid of the triangle, exactly equidistant from all three vertices, sits an open circle labeled +q_0. Coordinate axes centered at this centroid point show a horizontal axis labeled x pointing to the right and a vertical axis labeled y pointing straight upward toward the top apex. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Three fixed charges at the vertices of an equilateral triangle with a test charge at the centroid.
Three fixed point charges are arranged at the vertices of an equilateral triangle in the xy-plane. The bottom-left and bottom-right vertices each hold a charge of +q, while the top vertex holds a charge of -2q. A small positive test charge +q_0 is positioned at the centroid of the triangle, equidistant from all three vertices. Which of the following vector diagrams correctly represents the relative magnitudes and directions of the individual electrostatic forces exerted on the test charge, as well as the resulting net force \(\vec{F}_{\text{net}}\)?

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