How to Sketch Electric Fields Around a Charge Distribution?

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The discussion centers on sketching the electric field around three negatively charged spheres arranged in an equilateral triangle. The user seeks assistance in visualizing the electric field lines, noting that they should point inward toward the negatively charged spheres. Participants emphasize that while they can provide guidance, they will not complete the homework for the user. Concerns are raised about sharing personal email addresses on public forums. The user clarifies that this is self-study for an upcoming exam and expresses confusion about the behavior of electric field lines in this context.
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If anyone would like a go at this problem, they can just attach a paint file or something or send it to my e-mail:

Heres the problem:
9. Three small, negatively charged spheres are located at the vertical of an equilateral triangle. If the magnitudes of the charges are equal, sketch the electric field in the region around this charge distribution, including the space inside the triangle.

Any help will be appreciated.
 
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soccerdude28 said:
If anyone would like a go at this problem, they can just attach a paint file or something or send it to my e-mail:
<personal e-mail address removed>[/color]

Heres the problem:
9. Three small, negatively charged spheres are located at the vertical of an equilateral triangle. If the magnitudes of the charges are equal, sketch the electric field in the region around this charge distribution, including the space inside the triangle.

Any help will be appreciated.
That's not the way it works here: we'll help you with your homework, but we won't do it for you.

It's also not a good idea to post your personal e-mail address on internet forums.
 
Hootenanny said:
That's not the way it works here: we'll help you with your homework, but we won't do it for you.

It's also not a good idea to post your personal e-mail address on internet forums.

This is not homework. This is going through a textbook for an exam i have at the end of the year. Its basically teach yourself and i don't have a teacher to ask and i don't know where to start with this problem.. All i know is that the electrical field lines are driven away from positively charged source charges and toward negatively charged source charges. Now i don't know where to begin because all of the fields would be drawn going inwards towards the negaively charged spheres. Would they ever touch, i don't know? I am just confused all together.
 
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