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Physics Challenge Question 20: Solutions Part 1 Let us look at the three different regions on the x-axis: to the left of both charges, in between the two, and to the right. For easy reference, I will call the 5 ?C charge “1”, and the 7 ?C charge “2,” and the forces due to them F1 and F2, respectively. Let us look first at the region to the left of the two charges. Here, the two other charges will push the third charge to the left, since positive charges repel. That means that no matter where in that region we put our third charge, it will feel a net force to the left, and will not be in e