Q 11 Two charges q and 4q are placed at (a, 0) and (- 2a, 0) Neutral point - Physics - Electrostatic Potential And Capacitance

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Q 11 Two charges q and 4q are placed at (a, 0) and (- 2a, 0)
Neutral point is at
(1) a 2 ,   0
(2) a ,   0
(3) a 3 ,   0
(4) (0, 0)

Decoder_2 · Accepted Answer

Dear student,

The neutral point is the point where the net electric field is
zero

distance between points=(-2a-a)2+(0-0)2=3a
using
this information now you can 
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Q.11. Two charges q and 4q are placed at (a, 0) and (- 2a, 0). Neutral point is at (1) a 2 , 0 (2) a , 0 (3) a 3 , 0 (4) (0, 0)