A 2.18e-9 C charge has coordinates x = 0, y = −2.00; a 2.76e-9 C charge...

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A 2.18e-9 C charge has coordinates x = 0, y = −2.00; a 2.76e-9 Ccharge has coordinates x = 3.00, y = 0; and a -4.95e-9 C charge hascoordinates x = 3.00, y = 4.00, where all distances are in cm.Determine magnitude and direction for the electric field at theorigin and the instantaneous acceleration of a proton placed at theorigin.

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givencharges areq1 218109 C at x1y1 020cmq2 276109 C at x1y1 300 cmq3 495109 C at x1y1 3040cmthe reference point is at originwe know that the electric field due to a charge at adistance r is E kqr2by symmetry the directions of the fields due chargesareq1 is along y directionq2 is along x directionq3 is making an angle theta arc tan 43 with x axisthat is    See Answer
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