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Three equal masses of 1 kg each are placed at the vertices of an equilateral `Delta PQR` and a mass of 2kg is placed at the centroid O of the triangle which is at a distance of `sqrt(2)`m from each the verticles of the triangle. Find the force (in newton) acting on the mass of 2 kg.

A

2

B

`sqrt(2)`

C

1

D

zero

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