What is the direction of the electric field vector at point P in the situation shown below? (Assume that the balls are actually point particles, they are equally spaced, and that the negative particles are equidistant from P.)





A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. zero

F. Other

G. AA

H. BB

I. CC

J. DD


E. zero

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