Question

A charge of +5 micro-coulombs is placed at the bottom left corner of a rectangle, a charge of -5 micro-coulombs is placed at the top left corner of a rectangle, a charge of +9 micro-coulombs is placed at the bottom right corner of a rectangle, and a charge of +9 micro-coulombs is placed at the top right corner of a rectangle. The rectangle has a height of 8 cm and a width of 23.7 cm. (See sketch). What is the magnitude of the total electric field at the middle of the left side of the rectangle in units of x 10⁶ N/C?

q2 93 height q1 width 14

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