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This document calculates and provides the components and magnitude of the electric field produced by two pairs of charges in a square configuration. The coordinates of the charges, the electric fields produced by each pair, and the calculation of the net electric field.
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produce a non-vanishing field
net
are: pair 1, which is in the
middle of the two vertical sides
of the square (the +q, − 2 q pair);
and pair 2, the +5q, − 5 q pair.
We denote the electric fields
produced by each pair as
1
and
2
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coordinate system as shown to
the right, with the origin at the
center of the square. Now,
x
y
−q
+q
5 q
− 5 q
1
2
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1
4 πε
0
q
d
2
2 q
d
2
3 q
4 πε
0
d
2
and E
2
= k
5 q
2 d)
2
5 q
2 d)
2
5 q
4 πε
0
d
2
Therefore, the components of
net
are given by
x
1 x
2 x
1
2
cos 45
◦
3 q
4 πε
0
d
2
5 q
4 πε
0
d
2
cos 45
◦
q
4 πε
0
d
2
and
y
1 y
2 y
2
sin 45
◦
5 q
4 πε 0
d
2
sin 45
◦
q
4 πε 0
d
2
Thus, the magnitude of
net
is
2
x
2
y
2
2
q
4 πε
0
d
2
4 πε
0
d
2
and
net
makes an angle θ with the positive x axis, where
θ = tan
− 1
y
x
= tan
− 1
◦