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A charge of 8 mC is located at the origin. Calculate the work done in taking a small charge of `-2xx10^(-9)C` from a point P (0,0,3 cm) to a point Q (0,4 cm, 0) via a point R (0,6 cm, 9cm).

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1.2 J, the point R is irrelevant to the answer
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