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Grade 11Electrostatics

(1) A ring of radius R carries a charge Q, uniformly distributed along its circumference.What is the ratio of the elctric field strength at a distance R to that at a distance R/√2 ALONG THE AXIS?

(a) √3/8

(b) 3√3/8

(c) 3√3/4√2

(d) 2√2/3√3

Profile image of Nimish Singh
13 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Abhishekh kumar sharma
13 Years ago

this a question of small charge density and their respective distnce 

then use the law to get the force along the diagonal 

sorry i lack a working space

use integration to get the ans