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Statement

7.4.37∗. Three charged bodies of the same mass, flying apart, always form an isosceles triangle with angles at the vertex. The charge of the body located at the top of the triangle is how many times the charge of the body at its base?

Solution

For problem $7.4.37$
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Since the center of mass of the system remains stationary, the total force on a charge must be in the same direction as the line joining and the charge. As the masses of the three charges are the same, is the geometric centroid of the triangle; that is, is on the median such that . The magnitudes of and are

Let (shown in pink) and (shown in yellow). Using the law of sines in and , we have

Consequently,

Using the law of sines in and , we have

As a result,

Equating the two expressions we have for , we obtain

Answer