Hello, I have looked over the solution for this problem and I stilldont understa

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Hello, I have looked over the solution for this problem and I stilldont understand how to solve this on my own. Can someoneplease explain this? I dont so much need a finalanswer. I mostly need someone to explain the stepsclearly. Here is my problem in case you are curious. Thanks! A point charge of -2.0 µC is located at the origin. Asecond point charge of 8 µC is at x = 1m, y = 0.5 m. Findthe x and y coordinates ofthe position at which an electron would be inequilibrium. Hello, I have looked over the solution for this problem and I stilldont understand how to solve this on my own. Can someoneplease explain this? I dont so much need a finalanswer. I mostly need someone to explain the stepsclearly. Here is my problem in case you are curious. Thanks! A point charge of -2.0 µC is located at the origin. Asecond point charge of 8 µC is at x = 1m, y = 0.5 m. Findthe x and y coordinates ofthe position at which an electron would be inequilibrium.

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Are you sure the point charges of opposite sign? To my knowledgethis question has no meaningful solution unless the two pointcharges are the same sign. If you stick an electron in thisconfiguration, it will be repelled by the negative point charge andattracted by the positive one, so its equilibrium position would beadjacent to the positive charge.

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