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Grade 12th PassElectrostatics

A ring made of wire with radius of 10 cm is charged negatively and carries a chage of -5x10^(-9)C. the distance from the centre to the point on the axis of the ring where the intensity of the electric field is maximum is

a)0.71m

b) 7.1 x 10^-2m

c) 7.1 x 10^-3m

d) 1.7x 10^-2m

the answer is d but what value do we put for electric field being max?

Profile image of Vimal Jain
14 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of ayush jain
14 Years ago

u can write electric field at a distance x from center of ring... , y components will get cancelled and x components will add up

now we get the expression in terms of x , differentiate it wrt. x and equate to zero