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Superposition of Forces

Key Concepts — Superposition of Forces

01

The net force on a charge from many charges is the vector sum of individual Coulomb forces.

02

Forces add as vectors — magnitudes can never just be added unless all forces are colinear.

03

Each pairwise force is independent of all other charges in the system.

04

Used to compute fields from charge distributions: dE = k dq / r² and integrate.