Figure shows a particle A that can be moved along a y axis from an infinite distance to the origin. That origin lies at the midpoint between particles B and C, which have identical masses, and the y axis is a perpendicular bisector between them. Distance D is 0.3057 m. Figure shows the potential energy U of the three-particle system as a function of the position of particle A along the y axis. The curve actually extends rightward and approaches an asymptote of -2.7 X 10-11 J as y ?? ??. What are the masses of?

(a) Particles B and C and

(b) Particle A?

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y (cm) 0,5 15 (a) (6) (f ot-01)n