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    The document discusses how the point where two electric fields cancel each other out must be closer to the smaller negative charge. It cannot be between the charges, as the fields would act in the same direction. While Coulomb's law could calculate the exact values, a simpler approach notes the 8 nC charge is twice the -4 nC charge. Therefore, the zero point must be twice as far from the 8 nC charge for the fields to have equal magnitude. The distance x from the -4 nC charge is calculated to be 2.90 m.

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    The document discusses how the point where two electric fields cancel each other out must be closer to the smaller negative charge. It cannot be between the charges, as the fields would act in the same direction. While Coulomb's law could calculate the exact values, a simpler approach notes the 8 nC charge is twice the -4 nC charge. Therefore, the zero point must be twice as far from the 8 nC charge for the fields to have equal magnitude. The distance x from the -4 nC charge is calculated to be 2.90 m.

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    Problem21 42

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    The document discusses how the point where two electric fields cancel each other out must be closer to the smaller negative charge. It cannot be between the charges, as the fields would act in the same direction. While Coulomb's law could calculate the exact values, a simpler approach notes the 8 nC charge is twice the -4 nC charge. Therefore, the zero point must be twice as far from the 8 nC charge for the fields to have equal magnitude. The distance x from the -4 nC charge is calculated to be 2.90 m.

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    42: The point where the two fields cancel each other will have to be closer to the
    negative charge, because it is smaller. Also, it cant’t be between the two, since the two
    fields would then act in the same direction. We could use Coulomb’s law to calculate the
    actual values, but a simpler way is to note that the 8.00 nC charge is twice as large as the
    –4.00 nC Charge. The zero point will therefore have to be a factor of 2 farther from
    the 8.00 nC charge for the two fields to have equal magnitude. Calling x the distance
    from the –4.00 nC charge:
    1.20 + x = 2 x
    x = 2.90 m

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