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Three charges are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 'a' as in fig. The force experienced by the charge pleased at the vertex A in a direction parallel to BC is:

A

`Q^2/(4pi in_0 a^2)`

B

`(-Q^2)/(4pi in _0 a^2)`

C

Zero

D

`Q^2/(2 pi in _0 a^2)`

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