wo equal point charges are located on the y axis at y = a and y = -a. (a) What is the force on a charge q located at (x, 0)? (b) For what value of x is the force a maximum? Make a rough plot of F(x), the force as a func- tion of x. (c) When x > a, what is the form of F(x)? (Hint: Use the binomial expansion (1+z)" = 1 + nz for small z.)

wo equal point charges are located on the y axis at y = a and y = -a. (a) What is the force on a charge q located at (x, 0)? (b) For what value of x is the force a maximum? Make a rough plot of F(x), the force as a func- tion of x. (c) When x > a, what is the form of F(x)? (Hint: Use the binomial expansion (1+z)" = 1 + nz for small z.)

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