Three charges are shown on the screen along with vectors representing the force on charge 1. You can click-drag on any charge to change its position. You can also change the charge on each object. Investigate how changing the sign of the charges and the positions changes the force on charge 1.
q1= charge on object1, q2= charge on object2 and q3= charge on object3. The position is in cm, force is in Newtons, while charge is in Coulombs. On a 17 inch screen the distance scale is approximately accurate
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