Part AThe three point charges +4.0 µC, -5.0 µC, and -9.0 µC are placed on the x-axis at the points x = 0 cm, x = 40 cm, and x = 120 cm, respectively. What is the x component of the electrostatic force on the -9.0µC charge due to the other two charges? (k = 1/4TTE0 = 9.0 × 10° N • m2/c2)0.64 N-0.55 N-0.41 N0.55 N0.41 NSubmitRequest Answer

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The three point charges +4.0 µC, -5.0 µC, and -9.0 µC are placed on the x-axis at the points x = 0 cm, x = 40 cm, and x = 120 cm, respectively. What is the x component of the electrostatic force on the -9.0
µC charge due to the other two charges? (k = 1/4TTE0 = 9.0 × 10° N • m2/c2)
0.64 N
-0.55 N
-0.41 N
0.55 N
0.41 N
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The electrostatic force on a charge $q$ due to another charge $Q$ is given by,

$F = \frac{1}{4 π ε_{0}} \frac{q Q}{r^{2}}$

where $r$ is the separation between the two charges. The force acts along the line joining the two charges. The force is attractive if the charges are of opposite sign and is repulsive if the charges are of the same sign.

If there are multiple charges, the net force due to all the charges is given by the vector sum of all the forces due to each charge.

In this question, given charges are

$q_{1} = + 4 μ C q_{2} = - 5 μ C q_{3} = - 9 μ C$

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