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Potential due to a point charge: numericals

Problem

A negative point charge of magnitude, 3 μC, is fixed at the origin.
An external force, Fext, slowly moves a 1 C charge (no acceleration) from infinity to a point, P.
In the process, Fext does 27 kJ of work.
What is the distance, OP?
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