Net electric force and Net electric field

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Homework Statement


a) Find the net force on charge 1.
b) What is the net electric field acting on charge 1?

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I'm having trouble with this unit in general and I'm not to confident in these answers. I was wondering if someone can review my work?

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You could have saved a lot of work on part b. Once you have the force all you have to get the field is divide by the charge.
 
ShayanJ said:
Yeah, its correct.
Cutter Ketch said:
You could have saved a lot of work on part b. Once you have the force all you have to get the field is divide by the charge.

Ahh that's good to know!

Thank you guys so much for the help!