Two Point Charges Are Placed Along a Horizontal Axis with the Following

question 45

Multiple Choice

Two point charges are placed along a horizontal axis with the following values and positions: +3.6 µC at x = 0 cm and −7.1 µC at x = 40 cm.At what point along the x axis is the electric field zero?
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• A) 20 cm
• B) 17 cm
• C) -10 cm
• D) -99 cm
• E) ​-139 cm

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