Question: A charged particle Q is fixed in place. Another charged particle q is shot with a speed v towards Q and approaches to a distance

A charged particle Q is fixed in place. Another charged particle q is shot with a speed v towards Q and approaches to a distance r before being stopped and accelerated back the way it came. If q is now shot toward Q with a speed of 2v, what will be its distance of closest approach? 

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